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Berghahn Books The Strassmanns Science Politics and Migration in Turbulent Times 1793-1993 2008 Edition by W. Paul Strassmann
Across six generations and two hundred years, this book tells the story of a German- Jewish family who emigrated from Rawicz, Poland, first to Prussian Berlin, and finally to America. In Berlin they found success in politics, medical science, theatre, and aviation and considered themselves German patriots. With the catastrophe of the First World War and its aftermath, they suffered rejection, threats, and persecution as their fellow citizens became unhinged by Nazism, forcing Strassmanns into exile abroad where they again made their mark and rebuilt successful careers. This book is populated by extraordinary characters, such as Wolfgang, the convicted revolutionary of 1848 who nevertheless led urban reform; by Ernst, who directed the only liberal anti-Nazi resistance movement; and by Antonie, a celebrated actress and transatlantic sports pilot. Strassmann highlights both the large-scale and the very personal dramas of this period in world history. The book is enhanced by many photographs, offering a fascinating document of the fate of a remarkable family. Table of contents :- Preface : Family History and Working with the PastJutta Lange-QuassowskiChapter 1. Introduction: A Family En RouteChapter 2. A Father against Orthodoxy: Heiman in RawiczChapter 3. From the Revolution of 1848 to Reforms in Berlin after 1863: Wolfgang and FerdinandChapter 4. Medical Achievements and Disappointments: Paul and his SiblingsChapter 5. Golden Years of the Women's Clinic and of Forensic Medicine: 1909 - 1933Chapter 6. SoldiersChapter 7. Stage and Sky: Antonie - IChapter 8. A Zenith in Heidelberg with a bitter End: Gisela and MaxChapter 9. Stalked by Nazis in the Schumannstrasse: 1933 - 1936Chapter 10. Inseparable despite Emigration: Erwin and IlseChapter 11. Transatlantic Tensions in New York: Antonie - IIChapter 12. Old Trees, Transplanted: Paul and Hedwig in DahlemChapter 13. Beginning again in Minnesota Erwin and FamilyChapter 14. On to Houston, Texas: City of the FutureChapter 15. Destination Auschwitz Reinhold 1944Chapter 16. Leading a Liberal Resistance Group: Ernst Karl OttoChapter 17. Looking BackEnd NotesReferencesAcknowledgmentsFamily TreesEditorial Notes