02636oam 2200445 450 991042773220332120221206175744.0979-1-03-656993-71-80064-079-X(CKB)4100000011665489(MiAaPQ)EBC6425718(FrMaCLE)OB-obp-17132(PPN)255349874(EXLCZ)99410000001166548920210602d2020 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe fall of Berlin /Mendl Mann ; translated and with an introduction by Maurice WolfthalCambridge, England :Open Book Publishers,[2020]©20201 online resource (236 pages) illustrations; digital file(s)1-80064-078-1 1-80064-077-3 Includes bibliographical references and index."Mendl Mann’s autobiographical novel The Fall of Berlin tells the painful yet compelling story of life as a Jewish soldier in the Red Army. Menakhem Isaacovich is a Polish Jew who, after fleeing the Nazis, finds refuge in the USSR. The novel follows Menakhem as he fights on the front line in Stalin’s Red Army against Hitler and the Nazis who are destroying his homeland of Poland and exterminating the Jews.Menakhem encounters anti-Semitism on various occasions throughout the narrative, and struggles to comprehend how seemingly normal people could hold such appalling views. As Mann writes, it is odd that “vicious, insidious anti-Semitism could reside in a person with elevated feelings, an average person, a decent person”. The Fall of Berlin is both a striking and timely look at the struggle that many Jewish soldiers faced.Skillfully translated from Yiddish and introduced by Maurice Wolfthal, this is an affecting and unique book which eloquently explores a variety of themes – anti-Semitism, patriotism, Stalinism and life as a Jewish soldier in the Second World War. The Fall of Berlin is essential reading for anyone interested in the Yiddish language, Jewish history, and the history of World War II." -- Provided by publisher.World War, 1939-1945Personal narratives, JewishWorld War, 1939-1945940.531503924Mann Mendel1916-1975,466744Wolfthal MauriceMiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWBOOK9910427732203321The fall of Berlin2248445UNINA