A German In A Foreign Land
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A German In A Foreign Land
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Author : Lucinda Heck
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2019-10-17
A German In A Foreign Land written by Lucinda Heck and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-17 with Fiction categories.
THE FRITZ FAMILY journeys to the Banat region of Hungary to start a new life. Stefan and Sophie find happiness and sorrow in this “paradise.” One of their sons, Johann, becomes a famous violinist and moves to Vienna, where he meets and works with Beethoven. His branch of the family become accomplished musicians. The majority of the extended family stay in the Banat region, seeing their villages change borders and eventually become part of Serbia. Members of the family who reside in Vienna and Berlin become loyal and faithful Germans and serve in the German army in both world wars. Markus, in the Banat, joins the Hitler Youth and eventually becomes a member of the SS started by Himmler. The families in the Banat are virtually wiped out after World War II, with only one family member, Marta, escaping to Berlin. She meets a relative, Wolfgang, and together they start a new life.
Hannes Or The Foreign Land
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Author : Wolf Kunert
language : en
Publisher: tredition
Release Date : 2024-05-13
Hannes Or The Foreign Land written by Wolf Kunert and has been published by tredition this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A chance acquaintance. Two men of advanced age. What begins as childhood memories leads to an unresolved, deep conflict. We are all the creators of our own happiness. But what if we haven't learned to forge? This book is not a search for guilt, but for the causes of deeply felt breaks in a person's life. Excerpt: "Hannes was an idiot. These are not my words. He himself once said that about himself. Maybe not in a pathological sense, he added. He is one of the more inconspicuous of his kind, after all he is still allowed to move freely among us. Basically, Hannes even had something like charm that made him seem likeable to the majority of people around him. Even as a child he was quite popular, especially with older women. They appreciated him for his respect and the courtesy he showed them. He tried to endear himself to them, as he later did to his schoolmates and then to his childhood friends. That was his way of dealing with people. But he had a deficit from an early age. We met on our walks, Hannes and I. We greeted each other when we met and one day we talked about this and that. Insignificant everyday pleasantries. Dogs bring people together. His dog and mine knew and accepted each other. If four-legged friends like each other, their two-legged friends usually like each other too. After all, only good people have friendly dogs. We also succumbed to this short-sighted conclusion. It almost happened naturally that we ended up taking our walks together. While our dogs secured their territory by sniffing and marking, we talked about God and the world. We sniffed each other, so to speak, human-style. We were both of retirement age and could organize our time as we wished. One of the blessings of our age. Hannes explained that I tend to be lazy and would probably not exercise as regularly without the dog. Sport was never really my thing. Much to my daughter's annoyance. She sometimes scolds me because of this. But everyone lives according to their own ideas. Even if sometimes they are the wrong people and you know it. At first the two of us met by chance. But over time it became a habit for me. It was good to spend the time having a pleasant chat. This took my mind off the daily grind and brought a breath of fresh air into my head. We greeted each other, the dogs also completed their greeting ritual and then we began our tour. We talked about things that came to mind. For example, what we had come to appreciate about retirement."
Sojourner In A Foreign Land
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Author : Flemming Oppenhagen Behrend
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2019-04-03
Sojourner In A Foreign Land written by Flemming Oppenhagen Behrend and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Sojourner in a Foreign Land is a personal story about immigration, the search for spiritual belonging, sexual and gender identity, and how childhood trauma influences a human life. As a Scandinavian immigrant, I was blessed with privileges other ethnic groups did not have. Still, it was a struggle to start from the bottom. The book also describes life in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the fifties and sixties, and what it means to leave your culture and traditions behind.
Father Land
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Author : Frederick Kempe
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2002-05-17
Father Land written by Frederick Kempe and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-17 with History categories.
"A joy to read, in fact, a book so good one doesn't want it to end…. Kempe has written a piece of contemporary history as it should be written, in clear, engaging prose, and with judicious and sensible arguments. He has expertly handled the history of modern Germany, and given us insights into the German soul, including his own, that are crucial for an understanding of our modern world." -Kirkus Reviews "While Kempe does not sugarcoat Germany's current problems-its dyspeptic tolerance of immigrants, its pervasive bureaucracy and pedantry, the viciousness of the neo-Nazis-he argues that young Germans are right to no longer feel guilt for the Holocaust, as long as they learn its lessons." -Newsday "This is a fascinating and important book for anyone interested in the New and Old Germany. Fred Kempe, a distinguished foreign correspondent who has reported from many countries, turns in Father/Land to a different land-the mysteries and dark secrets of his German family that lay shrouded since the Third Reich. As painful as it is, this is a search that Kempe could no longer refuse if he was to bring some sense to his American character and German roots. As he interweaves his family's history with that of the German nation, his personal quest becomes a window not only into the German past but also into Germany's future." -Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Prize and coauthor of The Commanding Heights "Father/Land takes us on a spellbinding journey into Germany's past and present that begins with a musty olive trunk of old papers Fred Kempe inherited from his father. Inside that trunk lies the enduring mystery of the German people. Kempe's lively writing makes us see the paradox of modern Germany in small things-such as the trashcans at the Frankfurt airport or the personal quirks of Kempe's teammates on an amateur basketball team in Berlin. When Kempe finally discovers the horrific story that lies buried in his own family's history, the reader has the shock of experiencing the nightmare of Nazism from the inside." -David Ignatius, columnist, The Washington Post, and author of A Firing Offense "From a skilled American reporter's search for his German ancestry emerges a rich and rewarding portrait of a nation moving toward a promising future even as it remains tied to an inescapable past." -Ronald Steel, author of Walter Lippmann and the American Century "No foreign correspondent knows Germany as well as Frederick Kempe. He understands us sometimes better than we understand ourselves. His book is a refreshing, human look at where Germany is going, and it shows deep understanding for where it has been." -Volker RÃ1⁄4he, former defense minister of Germany Father/Land is a brilliant, unorthodox work of observation, insight, and commentary, a provocative book that will become required reading for anyone seeking to understand modern Germany. And it is something more. For in researching the past, Kempe discovered that the ghosts of Germany's past were not limited to others, that the contradictory threads of good and evil wove through his own family as well. After years of denying his own Germanness, he would have to confront it at last. During a pilgrimage to Germany with his father, Fred Kempe promised him he would write about modern Germany. Twelve years later, as a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal Europe, Kempe began a long journey of exploration in an attempt to answer questions that haunted him about his father's land: "How could such an apparently good people with such a rich cultural history have done such evil things? What causes evil, and what breeds good? After only half a century of reeducation and reconstruction, could the strength of German democracy and liberalism be as great as it seemed?" In this book, Fred Kempe delves into Germany's demographic change, its modern military, its youth, and America's role in the remaking of Germany after the war. He also looks at German pre-war history and how that history plays into shaping the future of the newly intact Germany. While searching modern Germany for the answers to his philosophical questions, Kempe finds himself in a parallel search for the roots of his own German heritage. Through seeking out relatives and searching documents that might enlighten him about the unspoken mysteries of his family's past, he discovers more than he bargained for, and at the same time learns a great deal about himself. The journey that began as the fulfillment of a promise to his father, led him as he had hoped, to a greater understanding his father's Heimat. In the last chapter of his book, Kempe calls modern Germany "America's Stepchild." He theorizes that Germans, because of their past atrocities, feel a great responsibility to their European neighbors as well as to the world. In their process of atonement, they have become a kinder and gentler people, while their strength remains. Their role as a world leader beckons them to heights to which they no longer aspire. Reaching great heights makes the world seem conquerable. This is the mistake they must avoid. Reaching out makes the world more united. This is the direction they know they must go.
Documents On German Foreign Policy 1918 1945 From The Archives Of The German Foreign Ministry
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Author : Germany. Auswärtiges Amt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Documents On German Foreign Policy 1918 1945 From The Archives Of The German Foreign Ministry written by Germany. Auswärtiges Amt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Germany categories.
Memories
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Author : Friedrich Max Müller
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 1902
Memories written by Friedrich Max Müller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1902 with categories.
Documents On German Foreign Policy 1918 1945 The War Years Feb 1 June 22 1941
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Author : Germany. Auswärtiges Amt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Documents On German Foreign Policy 1918 1945 The War Years Feb 1 June 22 1941 written by Germany. Auswärtiges Amt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Germany categories.
Documents On German Foreign Policy
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Documents On German Foreign Policy written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with categories.
Document On German Foreign Policy 1918 1945
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Author : United States Department of State
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Document On German Foreign Policy 1918 1945 written by United States Department of State and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with categories.
Germany
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Author : Eric Solsten
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 1999-08
Germany written by Eric Solsten and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-08 with Travel categories.
Reviews Germany's history, and treats in a concise and objective manner its dominant social, political, economic, and military aspects. Sections, written by experts, include: chronology of important events; early history to 1945; history 1945-1990; the society and its environment; social welfare, health care, and educ.; the domestic economy; international economic relations; government and politics; foreign relations; national security; military tradition; strategic concerns and military missions; the armed forces; defense budget; and such military issues as uniforms, ranks, and insignia, defense production and export, foreign military relations, and internal security.