The Invisible Wall

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"This powerful and moving book—part memoir, part history, part filial tribute—succeeds at every level. If the Goldhagen controversy con-fused you, this book will help clarify one of the most complex questions of the Century." Richard Holbrooke
"One of the most impressive books I have read in a long time A fasci-nating and thought-provoking work." Henry Kissinger
"His account of life under the Nazis is chilling, and the description of war-time Shanghai is riveting." Time
"In this compelling family saga, Blumenthal, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President Carter, traces the historical trajectory of German Jewry, from medieval ghetto to the Holocaust, through the lives of six of his ancestors. . . . His family album is a penetrating analysis of German-Jewish relations." Publishers Weekly
The Invisible Wall is one man's quest to understand the failure of the German-Jewish relationship and to explain the character and attitudes of Germany's assimilated Jews over a... Tovább

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"This powerful and moving book—part memoir, part history, part filial tribute—succeeds at every level. If the Goldhagen controversy con-fused you, this book will help clarify one of the most complex questions of the Century." Richard Holbrooke
"One of the most impressive books I have read in a long time A fasci-nating and thought-provoking work." Henry Kissinger
"His account of life under the Nazis is chilling, and the description of war-time Shanghai is riveting." Time
"In this compelling family saga, Blumenthal, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President Carter, traces the historical trajectory of German Jewry, from medieval ghetto to the Holocaust, through the lives of six of his ancestors. . . . His family album is a penetrating analysis of German-Jewish relations." Publishers Weekly
The Invisible Wall is one man's quest to understand the failure of the German-Jewish relationship and to explain the character and attitudes of Germany's assimilated Jews over a three-hundred-year period. Juxtapos-ing the broad picture of an evolving Germany against the rieh stories of six of his own ancestors, W. Michael Blumenthal seeks to show how "the unrequited love affair of Germany's Jews with their native country" led to the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust. A work of tremendous scope and vision, this book présents a fascinating perspective on one of the most difficult questions of our time. Vissza