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Eva and Otto: Resistance, Refugees, and Love in the Time of Hitler
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- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781557538819
- EAN
- 9781557538819
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Eva and Otto : Resistance, Refugees, and Love in the Time of Hitler
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 12.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 544 Pages
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A true story about German opposition and resistance to Hitler as revealed through the early lives of Eva Lewinski Pfister and Otto Pfister. This is an intimate and epic account of two Germans who worked with a little-known German political group that resisted and fought against Hitler in Germany before 1933 and then in exile in Paris.
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Publisher
Purdue University Press
ISBN-10
1557538816
ISBN-13
9781557538819
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27038535490
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Eva and Otto : Resistance, Refugees, and Love in the Time of Hitler
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
544 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
D809.U5p45 2020
Reviews
The authors have done a superb job in supplementing their parents' letters and diaries using their own rigorous research, and the story progresses in a way that is historically interesting and emotionally satisfying., Their courage, resourcefulness, love, and unending optimism against all odds is thrilling. This is the American story of the mid-twentieth century., This is a book for every student and every teacher. I had the privilege of being one of Eva's high school students from 1969-1971, and our friendship continued. As she wrote, she 'related to kids' because she liked and respected them. She inspired us to learn, and she responded to me and other teens from her deep well of experience. She nurtured every interest in the bigger things in life: purpose, service to others, and appreciation for the anchors of nature, spirit, music, poetry. At the time, I did not know much detail about her remarkable early life with Otto. But how we all benefited! I am grateful that this history has been told and will be preserved. I am deeply touched and inspired., Eva and Otto is a moving story of resistance and love told largely through the correspondence of Eva Lewinski and Otto Pfister. It provides a rare view into what it can mean personally to dedicate oneself wholeheartedly to a struggle against tyranny. Eva and Otto's love for each other sustained them as they suffered long separations, danger, and imprisonment to fulfill their mission. Their longing to marry and create a family existed in tension with the rigorous ethic of the tightly knit resistance group of which they were a part and their commitment to carrying out anti-Nazi activities until Hitler was defeated. The extraordinary job that Eva and Otto's children have done in tracking down the documents needed to tell their parents' story also illuminates a little-known chapter in the history of the fight to rid the world of Nazism., "Their courage, resourcefulness, love, and unending optimism against all odds is thrilling. This is the American story of the mid-twentieth century." -- Tom Brokaw , author of The Greatest Generation, This riveting history of the anti-Nazi resistance paints an extraordinary portrait of two people--a Jewish woman and a German man--who fought Hitler and also fell in love. Using the memoirs, diaries, and letters of Eva Lewinski and Otto Pfister, their three children have written the account of their parents' efforts to undermine Nazism as they risked their lives in Germany, France, and Belgium. An intimate story about Germans and Jews opposing the same horrific enemy, this book adds a whole new dimension to Holocaust literature. This is a moving love story and an important history made human at the grassroots level., Eva Lewinski and Otto Pfister courageously devoted themselves, over a period of years, to combating Nazism, while carefully nurturing a deep, life-sustaining love for one another. Their intermingled life stories, ably contextualized by the authors of this book, provide readers with a moving, richly documented, real-life drama, lovingly presented and thoroughly researched.
Table of Content
Preface Prologue Part I. Eva?s Path to 28 Boulevard Poissonnière 1. Childhood in Goldap (1910?1926) 2. Study in France and at the Walkemühle (1926?1932) 3. Anti-Nazi Work in Germany (1932?1933) 4. Early Years in Exile in Paris (1933?1935) Part II. Otto?s Path to 28 Boulevard Poissonnière 5. Childhood in Munich (1900?1920) 6. ?Education? in Italy and France (1920?1935) Part III. Resistance and Love in Paris, 1935?1940 7. Anti-Nazi Work in Paris 8. War Begins: Internment, Sabotage, and Love Part IV. German Invasion on May 9, 1940: Eva and Otto Forced on Separate Paths 9. Eva?s Internment at Vélodrome d?Hiver and Camp de Gurs 10. Eva?s Refuge in Castagnède, Montauban, and Marseille 11. Otto?s Capture and Imprisonment by the Nazis 12. Otto?s Return to Paris and Flight to Montauban 13. Eva?s Escape over the Pyrenees and Unexpected Delay in Lisbon Eva?s Voyage from Lisbon to New York Part V. New York, 1940?1941: Urgent Efforts to Rescue ISK Colleagues, including Otto 15. Eva?s Daunting Task of Obtaining U.S. Visas 16. Help from Eleanor Roosevelt and Other Americans 17. Three Crucial Meetings on December 27, 1940 18. 1940 Correspondence 19. Eva?s Other Activities before the End of 1940 20. Further Pleas to Help Otto and Other Refugees 21. Otto?s Wait for a Visa in Southern France 22. Otto?s Escape to America 23. Eva?s Defense of Her Decision to Marry Otto Part VI. Rescue Efforts and Work for the OSS in the Face of Personal Challenges 24. Priorities: Eva?s Rescue and Relief Work 25. René-Eva Correspondence: Eva?s Secret Work with the Office of Strategic Services 26. Three Big Decisions in 1943?1944 27. A Devastating Loss Part VII. Separated Again 28. Otto?s OSS Mission and Eva and Otto?s Wartime Correspondence 29. The War Drags On, Reports on Nazi Atrocities, and Another Personal Loss 30. Questions about the Future as the Allies Battle in Europe Part VIII. Hope Renewed 31. 1945: Signs of Spring as the War in Europe Grinds to an End 32. A New Life Epilogue Afterword Acknowledgments Appendix A. Summary Backgrounds of ISK Members on Eva?s List of Applicants for Emergency Visas Appendix B. Examples of René-Eva and Robert-Eclair Correspondence Appendix C. Eva?s Memorial Summary of Otto?s Life Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2019
Topic
Public Policy / Immigration, Holocaust, Military / World War II, Intelligence & Espionage, General
Lccn
2019-026491
Dewey Decimal
940.54/86730922
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
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