| Description |
365 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-346) and index. |
| Summary |
"An autobiographical account of the author's childhood and young adulthood in Nazi Germany, the postwar occupation, and her eventual relocation to the West. Contributes to current debates on history and memory, and on everyday and women's history from a feminist, psychoanalytically informed perspective"--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
My family and the Nazis, 1929-1936 -- A small quarry town, 1936-1938 -- Kristallnacht and the beginning of World War II, 1938-1940 -- Today Germany belongs to us, tomorrow the whole world, 1940-1941 -- You are the future leadership of the Hitler youth, 1941-1942 -- Between conformity and rebellion, 1942-1944 -- In the belly of the beast: the teacher seminary, 1944-1945 -- The big wheels are leaving for the West, January-March 1945 -- We don't kill, we heal: the Russian Invasion, 1945 -- My hometown becomes Polish, 1945-1946 -- Refugee in the promised land of the West: return to school, 1946-1948 -- Finding an intellectual home: university, 1949-1954. |
| Subject |
Mahlendorf, Ursula R. (Ursula Renate), 1929-2018 -- Childhood and youth.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, German.
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College teachers -- California -- Santa Barbara -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780271034478 cloth alkaline paper |
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0271034475 cloth alkaline paper |
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