I Sleep in Hitler's Room - An American Jew Visits Germany

I Sleep in Hitler's Room - An American Jew Visits Germany

Traveling across Germany and seeking out that elusive quality that is the German character, playwright and journalist Tuvia Tenenbom wonders whether he has identified it in any one of several striking social phenomenaâ€”the proclivity of Germans to join clubs and group activities; how their aptitude for visual design shapes their architecture and their daily life; how their daily life is suffused with soccer and beer, the omnipresent beverage for all occasions; how they proudly self-define themselves by their achievements in precision technology; and, what is most disturbing to this son of Holocaust survivors, how their crushing awareness of their dark history coexists with virulent anti-Semitism and a stubborn obsession with Israel.

Tenenbom integrates deep seriousness with the most lighthearted comic touch in this critical but affectionate look at both left and right in contemporary German politics and society. Listen in on his meetings with leaders in German industry and media, including former chancellor Helmut Schmidt, as well as with scores of private citizens whose everyday conversation Tenenbom ponders even as he gently teases them.
Country USA
Manufacturer The Jewish Theater of New York
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-10-14
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	The Jewish Theater of New York
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2011-10-14
Format	Kindle eBook

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