Five Germanys I Have Known
by Fritz Stern
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Author: Fritz SternEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-07-24
ISBN: 0374530866
Number of pages: 560
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Book Review: A must for anyone curious about German Jewish history
Summary: 5 Stars
Written with avuncular charm, "Five Germany's I Have Known" serves simultaneously as an overview of German history from the time of the Kaiser through to the reunification, and in-fact beyond (Stern worked at the American Embassy in Germany during the beginning of the Clinton administration); and as a personal memoir of a first-class academic and intellectual who was intimately connected to the history he was studying. Although at times he can be overly ponderous, and as memoir, it is really a memoir of the intellect more than of life (the dissolution of his marriage and quick re-marriage is given less detail than the composition of various West German cabinets), the book's virtues far outweigh any criticisms.
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