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200 14$aThe fall of Berlin /$fMendl Mann ; translated and with an introduction by Maurice Wolfthal
210  1$aCambridge, England :$cOpen Book Publishers,$d[2020]
210  4$d©2020
215   $a1 online resource (236 pages) $cillustrations; digital file(s)
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
330   $a"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.
606   $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, Jewish
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