02555nam 2200421 450 991063299030332120230513111436.010.11647/OBP.0233(CKB)5400000000040318(NjHacI)995400000000040318(EXLCZ)99540000000004031820230513d2020 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Fall of Berlin /Mendl Mann ; translated and with an introduction by Maurice WolfthalCambridge, UK :Open Book Publishers,[2020]1 online resource (236 pages) illustrationsIncludes index.1-80064-082-X "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.AntisemitismSoviet UnionBerlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)PolandAntisemitismBerlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)305.8924047Mann Mendl1916-1975,1357497Wolfthal MauriceNjHacINjHaclBOOK9910632990303321The Fall of Berlin3363574UNINA