Zadoff, Mirjam
Werner Scholem
- ISBN 13:
- 9780812249699
- author:
- Zadoff, Mirjam
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 384
- Dimensions:
- 23.37 x 16.26 x 3.3 centimetres
- Genre:
- Biography, Political, History,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Werner Scholem: A German Life by Mirjam Zadoff is a biography that explores the life of Werner Scholem, a complex figure who navigated the tumultuous landscape of early 20th-century Germany. Born into the Berlin Jewish middle class, Scholem's life was marked by his involvement in politics and his outspoken criticism of Stalin. Scholem's story is one of rupture and division, as he found himself at odds with the National Socialists and ultimately arrested and murdered in Buchenwald. This biography also delves into the lives of two brothers, Werner and Gerhard, who chose opposing paths out of a shared conviction that there was no future for Jews in Germany after the First World War. Through Scholem's life and times, Zadoff sheds light on the growing insecurity faced by German Jews between the two world wars, as well as the complex ideologies that shaped their experiences.
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