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TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: London : Pushkin Press, 2021Description: 256 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781782275381 (hbk.) :Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction. -- Jews -- GermanyGenre/Form: General Fiction. | Modern & contemporary fiction | Classic fiction | Second World War fiction DDC classification: 833.912 LOC classification: PT2603.O773Summary: Germany, November 1938: Otto Silbermann receives a knock on his door and realises he must flee. A respected German-Jewish businessman, he has managed to evade the escalating brutality of the Nazi regime. But now, as he and his wife plan to leave, all avenues are shut down and he is forced to abandon his home amid the untrammelled violence of Kristallnacht. With all the money he can gather stuffed into a suitcase, Otto takes train after train across Germany, desperately seeking to cross the border, every moment terrified a fellow passenger will discover his Jewish identity.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books | Main Library Fiction | F .B742 2021 | Checked out | 13/03/2025 | 26087 |
Translated from the German.
Germany, November 1938: Otto Silbermann receives a knock on his door and realises he must flee. A respected German-Jewish businessman, he has managed to evade the escalating brutality of the Nazi regime. But now, as he and his wife plan to leave, all avenues are shut down and he is forced to abandon his home amid the untrammelled violence of Kristallnacht. With all the money he can gather stuffed into a suitcase, Otto takes train after train across Germany, desperately seeking to cross the border, every moment terrified a fellow passenger will discover his Jewish identity.