Moses Greeley Parker Memorial Library (Dracut)

The Berlin shadow, living with the ghosts of the Kindertransport, Jonathan Lichtenstein

eng

not applicable

not applicable

memoirs

The Berlin shadow

not applicable

1232438705

Jonathan Lichtenstein

living with the ghosts of the Kindertransport

In 1939, Jonathan Lichtenstein's father Hans escaped Nazi-occupied Berlin as a child refugee on the Kindertransport. Almost every member of his family died after Kristallnacht, and, upon arriving in England to make his way in the world alone, Hans turned his back on his German Jewish culture. Growing up in post-war rural Wales where the conflict was never spoken of, Jonathan and his siblings were at a loss to understand their father's relentless drive and sometimes eccentric behavior. As Hans enters old age, he and Jonathan set out to retrace his journey back to Berlin

adult

not applicable