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Author:   Ursula Mahlendorf (UC Santa Barbara, Emeritus)
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 21.90cm
Weight:   0.594kg
ISBN:  

9780271034478

ISBN 10:   0271034475
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   18 February 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. My Family and the Nazis, 1929–1936 2. A Small Quarry Town, 1936–1938 3. Kristallnacht and the Beginning of World War II, 1938–1940 4. Today Germany Belongs to Us—Tomorrow, the Whole World, 1940–1941 5. You Are the Future Leadership of the Hitler Youth, 1941–1942 6. Between Conformity and Rebellion, 1942–1944 7. In the Belly of the Beast: The Teacher Seminary, 1944–1945 8. The Big Wheels Are Leaving for the West, January–March 1945 9. We Don’t Kill, We Heal: The Russian Invasion, 1945 10. My Hometown Becomes Polish, 1945–1946 11. Refugee in the Promised Land of the West: Return to School, 1946–1948 12. Finding an Intellectual Home: University, 1949–1954 Epilogue Books Consulted Index

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The Shame of Survival is a compelling memoir of a girl's experiences growing up in Nazi Germany that analyzes the life-long implications of Nazi indoctrination on a sensitive, thoughtful young woman. It shows how a reluctant, shy, frightened, and naive BDM member becomes swept up in Nazi ideology and documents the life-long psychic ramifications of living with that legacy: feelings of guilt and shame, a need to work through these experiences and to take responsibility for and mourn the past. Focusing on both class and gender, Mahlendorf's memoir offers a unique and valuable perspective on a growing body of emergent belated narratives on Nazi Germany by German emigre academics. -- Anna Kuhn

Author Information

Ursula Mahlendorf earned her Ph.D. in German Literature from Brown University in 1958 and spent the rest of her professional life teaching in the German Department and Women's Studies Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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