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BL
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680474
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b502663
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| Main Entry
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Schwartz, Mimi.
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| Title & Author
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Good neighbors, bad times : : echoes of my father's German village /\ Mimi Schwartz.
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| Publication Statement
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Lincoln :: University of Nebraska Press,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (xvi, 260 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0803217676
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: 9780803217676
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| Contents
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Author's Note; Part One: Close to Home; 1. Treadmill to the Past; 2. Anonymous Translation; 3. At the Nachmittag; 4. Kaffeeklatsch; 5. Joie de Vivre; 6. Four Stories of the Torah; 7. The Revolving Room; Part Two: An Ocean Away; 8. Off the Record; 9. A Little Respect, Please; 10. The Good Raincoat; 11. Hedwig, Fritz, and "Schtumpela"; 12. The Second Generation; Part Three: Back and Forth; 13. Willy from Baltimore; 14. Five Kilometers Away; 15. Katherine of Dorn; 16. Truth Transposed; 17. What Willy's Neighbor Says ..
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| Abstract
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Small stories of decency are often overlooked in the wake of a larger historic narrative. Yet we need these stories to provide a moral compass, especially in times of political extremism, when fear and hatred strain the bonds of loyalty and neighborly compassion. How, this book asks, do neighbors maintain a modicum of decency in such times? How do we negotiate evil and remain humane when, as in the Nazi years, hate rules?
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Assimilation (Sociology)-- United States.
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City and town life-- Germany-- Black Forest.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)-- Germany.
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Immigrants-- United States.
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Jews-- Germany-- Black Forest-- History-- 20th century.
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Judaism-- Relations-- Christianity.
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National socialism-- Germany-- Black Forest.
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Black Forest (Germany), Ethnic relations, 20th century.
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Black Forest (Germany), History, Local.
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| LC Classification
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DD801.B64S298 2008eb
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