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Survival
in the Shadows Seven Jews Hidden in Hitler's Berlin Barbara Lovenheim |
When Red Army Soldiers discovered the Arndt, Lewinsky, and Gumpel families in April 1945, there were seven survivors —the largest known group of German Jews to survive in hiding in the heart of the Third Reich. In January 1943 the four Arndts went into hiding to avoid deportation and were soon joined by Ellen and Charlotte Lewinsky and Bruno Gumpel. For two and a half years the group survived in the shadowy underworld of Berlin—without food ration cards or secure accommodation —protected by more than fifty non-Jewish Germans. This is not only a story of tremendous courage and stamina during the darkest days of Hitler's rule, it also shows that anti-Semitism was not as ubiquitous among ordinary Germans as is commonly thought. Ellen and Erich Arndt and Ruth Arndt Gumpel, who live in the U.S., here reveal their story in detail. | "At
times deeply moving, the book shows in a compelling way the variety of attitudes
among Germans towards the Jews and presents dramatic counter-testimony to those
who would paint a one-dimensional picture." —Michael Berenbaum, Former Director of Research, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum "An extraordinary book, skillfully written, about seven ordinary Jews trapped in the belly of the Nazi beast." -—Alan B. Berger, Chair of Holocaust Studies, Florida Atlantic University |
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by the Center for Holocaust Awareness and Information $29.95s cloth / ISBN 0-9710-686-2-3 $16.95s paper / ISBN 0-9710-686-3-1 232 pages 32 illustrations Cloth edition available North America only 2003 |
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