My wife’s family escaped Mannheim Germany in 1938, crossing the border to Switzerland in the nick of time. The patriarch was in the steel business, an assimilated middle class German Jewish man who saw what was coming more clearly than his less perspicacious neighbors. All are gone now, but the memories they shared of the rising tide of Nazism in the 30’s are kept alive in our family. Trump is no Hitler, but the parallels are too close for comfort. Now is the time to turn the tide on Trumpism here.
This is a very important book! Thanks Heidi for noting it! The book is pretty hard to find. It is out of print and neither our library nor their network had any listing of it. It is not available on amazon. There are several copies available on ebay but they all cost more than $50. There is a scanned copy available on archive.org but it is buggy.
Given its relevance to what is going on these days, it would be great if a book publisher reprinted it [perhaps with a Bette introduction :-) ] Does anyone have an idea how to try to get this to happen?
There are too many gladhanders on this platform, earning a living (?) by telling people exactly what they want to hear.
I’m very happy you aren’t one of them.
It seems “we” only want what’s easy. “We” don’t want to do the difficult work of keeping our democracy intact, safe. “We” only want the gratification that comes from agreement.
Again, I’m very happy you aren’t one of them.
Keep on trucking, Miss Cuda/Dangerous. Truth will out!
My wife’s family escaped Mannheim Germany in 1938, crossing the border to Switzerland in the nick of time. The patriarch was in the steel business, an assimilated middle class German Jewish man who saw what was coming more clearly than his less perspicacious neighbors. All are gone now, but the memories they shared of the rising tide of Nazism in the 30’s are kept alive in our family. Trump is no Hitler, but the parallels are too close for comfort. Now is the time to turn the tide on Trumpism here.
Very similar to my father-in-law who left in May 1938 from Berlin, though his family had been in the scrap metals business in Frankfurt am Main.
Wow! Bella grew up am Main … history feels so close atm
Thank You Heidi. I have to find this book.
Thx for reading Michelle! I hope you are well xo
This is a very important book! Thanks Heidi for noting it! The book is pretty hard to find. It is out of print and neither our library nor their network had any listing of it. It is not available on amazon. There are several copies available on ebay but they all cost more than $50. There is a scanned copy available on archive.org but it is buggy.
Given its relevance to what is going on these days, it would be great if a book publisher reprinted it [perhaps with a Bette introduction :-) ] Does anyone have an idea how to try to get this to happen?
There are too many gladhanders on this platform, earning a living (?) by telling people exactly what they want to hear.
I’m very happy you aren’t one of them.
It seems “we” only want what’s easy. “We” don’t want to do the difficult work of keeping our democracy intact, safe. “We” only want the gratification that comes from agreement.
Again, I’m very happy you aren’t one of them.
Keep on trucking, Miss Cuda/Dangerous. Truth will out!
A chilling but important read. Thank you!
Heidi, thank you so much for this great and interesting project….I hope we can explore more!!!🫶