An Ordinary Youth
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An Ordinary Youth is a semi-autobiographical novel by the German writer Walter Kempowski, first published in West Germany in 1971. It was first translated into English by Michael Lipkin for NYRB Class
Paper bag and cigar from the company Loeser & Wolff
Kristallnacht
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Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom, was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's Sturmabteilung and Schutzstaffel paramilitary forces along with s
An Ordinary Youth
…of view of a child unable to completely comprehend the surrounding world. Grim or darkly ironic moments are often shown with no further elaboration. Kristallnacht is only alluded to via Walter noticing smashed windows of a Jewish businessman's home in November 1938. The only mention of Auschwitz was from Walter's…
Partially destroyed Fasanenstrasse Synagogue in Berlin
Polish Jews expelled from Germany in late October 1938
Herschel Grynszpan, 7 November 1938
Ernst vom Rath