The shame of survival : working through a Nazi childhood / Ursula Mahlendorf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahlendorf, Ursula R. (Ursula Renate), 1929-2018, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mahlendorf, Ursula R. (Ursula Renate), 1929-2018--Childhood and youth.

Mahlendorf, Ursula R.

College teachers--California--Santa Barbara--Biography.

College teachers.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, German.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p. ) ill., maps ;

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

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:

Front matter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

One . My Family and the Nazis, 1929–1936

Two . A Small Quarry Town, 1936–1938

Three . Kristallnacht and the Beginning of World War II, 1938–1940

Four . Today Germany Belongs to Us—Tomorrow, the Whole World, 1940–1941

Five . You Are the Future Leadership of the Hitler Youth, 1941–1942

Six . Between Conformity and Rebellion, 1942–1944

Seven . In the Belly of the Beast: The Teacher Seminary, 1944–1945

Eight . The Big Wheels Are Leaving for the West, January–March 1945

Nine . We Don’t Kill, We Heal: The Russian Invasion, 1945

Ten . My Hometown Becomes Polish, 1945–1946

Eleven . Refugee in the Promised Land of the West: Return to School, 1946–1948

Twelve . Finding an Intellectual Home: University, 1949–1954

Epilogue

Books Consulted

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-346) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780271074924

0271074922

9780271036526

0271036524

OCLC:

1253313480