{"product_id":"no-justice-in-germany-the-breslau-diaries-1933-1941-hardback-9780804773249","title":"No Justice in Germany; The Breslau Diaries, 1933-1941 (Hardback) 9780804773249","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNo Justice in Germany\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Breslau Diaries, 1933-1941\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilly (Author), Norbert Conrads (Edited by), Kenneth Kronenberg (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780804773249\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 October 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e440 pages, 19 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.635 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"It is rare that such perceptive and comprehensive accounts of this time period survive, and Conrads and Cronenberg help fulfill Cohn's desire to inform future generations about his experiences . . . This condensed diaries and helpful background information should also certainly encourage a wider readership and general audience.\"—Teresa Walch, \u003ci\u003eH-Net\u003c\/i\u003e '\u003ci\u003eNo Justice for Germany\u003c\/i\u003e should stand alongside Victor Klemperer's \u003ci\u003eI Will Bear Witness\u003c\/i\u003e as a crucial diary from the Nazi years. Compassionate, snarky, intelligent, and complicated, it will prove to be a book of tremendous significance to researchers and students alike.\"—Robin Judd, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Modern History\u003c\/i\u003e \"Among an extraordinarily rich and diverse set of sources, the diary of Willy Cohn stands out. It constitutes important reading for scholars and students with an interest in the interrelated histories of German Jewry, the Third Reich, and the Holocaust . . . Thanks to Norbert Conrads, readers of English can now access Cohn's astute and sensitive reflections on the destruction of the Breslau Jewish community.\"—Alexandra Garbarini, \u003ci\u003eHolocaust and Genocide Studies\u003c\/i\u003e \"Willy Cohn—historian, educator, and Social Democrat—recorded events under the Third Reich from his home town of Brelau, a prominent Jewish center of Germany, until he and his wife and two youngest children were deported to Lithuania where they perished . . . His dry account of everyday life—marriage, work, colleagues, relatives, and neighbors—provides chilling insight into the growing horror around him . . . Willy Cohn's diary, though lacking some of the wonder and youthfulness of Anne Frank's, is equally tragic, and valuable as an eyewitness to history.\"—Hallie Cantor, \u003ci\u003eAssociation of Jewish Libraries Newsletter\u003c\/i\u003e \"This is by far the most probing, insightful, and gripping diary of a Jewish intellectual who lived in Germany during the 1930s. Indispensable for anyone interested in how Jews active in community affairs fared under Nazism.\"—Abraham Ascher, author of \u003ci\u003eA Community under Siege: The Jews of Breslau under Nazism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith great immediacy, the diaries of Willy Cohn, a Jew and a Social Democrat, show how the process of marginalization under the Nazis unfolded within the vibrant Jewish community of Breslau—until that community was destroyed in 1941. Cohn documents how difficult it was to understand precisely what was happening, even as people were harassed, beaten, and taken off to concentration camps. He chronicles the efforts of the community to maintain some semblance of normal life at the same time as many made plans to emigrate or to get their children out.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCohn and his wife Gertrud were able to get their three oldest children out of Germany before it was too late. However, burying himself in his work chronicling the history of the Jews in Germany, his diaries, and his memoirs, Cohn missed his own chance to escape. In late 1941, he, Gertrud, and their two young daughters were deported to Lithuania, where they were shot.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilly Cohn was a complex individual: an Orthodox Jew and a socialist; an ardent Zionist and a staunch German patriot; a realist but also an idealist often unable to cope with reality; a democrat and an admirer of certain Nazi policies and of their resoluteness. These contradictions and the wealth of detail that poured from his pen give us a unique view of those disorienting and frightening times in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676636180760,"sku":"9780804773249","price":50.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/no-justice-in-germany-the-breslau-diaries-1933-1941-hardback-9780804773249","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}