LEADER 02555nam 2200421 450 001 9910632990303321 005 20230513111436.0 024 7 $a10.11647/OBP.0233 035 $a(CKB)5400000000040318 035 $a(NjHacI)995400000000040318 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000040318 100 $a20230513d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Fall of Berlin /$fMendl Mann ; translated and with an introduction by Maurice Wolfthal 210 1$aCambridge, UK :$cOpen Book Publishers,$d[2020] 215 $a1 online resource (236 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-80064-082-X 330 $a"Mendl Mann's autobiographical novel The Fall of Berlin tells the painful yet compelling story of life as a Jewish soldier in the Red Army. Menakhem Isaacovich is a Polish Jew who, after fleeing the Nazis, finds refuge in the USSR. The novel follows Menakhem as he fights on the front line in Stalin's Red Army against Hitler and the Nazis who are destroying his homeland of Poland and exterminating the Jews. Menakhem encounters anti-Semitism on various occasions throughout the narrative, and struggles to comprehend how seemingly normal people could hold such appalling views. As Mann writes, it is odd that "vicious, insidious anti-Semitism could reside in a person with elevated feelings, an average person, a decent person". The Fall of Berlin is both a striking and timely look at the struggle that many Jewish soldiers faced. Skillfully translated from Yiddish and introduced by Maurice Wolfthal, this is an affecting and unique book which eloquently explores a variety of themes - anti-Semitism, patriotism, Stalinism and life as a Jewish soldier in the Second World War. The Fall of Berlin is essential reading for anyone interested in the Yiddish language, Jewish history, and the history of World War II."--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aAntisemitism$zSoviet Union 606 $aBerlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945 606 $aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)$zPoland 615 0$aAntisemitism 615 0$aBerlin, Battle of, Berlin, Germany, 1945. 615 0$aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 676 $a305.8924047 700 $aMann$b Mendl$f1916-1975,$01357497 702 $aWolfthal$b Maurice 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910632990303321 996 $aThe Fall of Berlin$93363574 997 $aUNINA