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Two Lives in Uncertain Times

Facing the Challenges of the 20th Century as Scholars and Citizens

By: Wilma Iggers,Georg Iggers

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Two Lives in Uncertain Times

Facing the Challenges of the 20th Century as Scholars and Citizens

By: Wilma Iggers,Georg Iggers

Published in Association with the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C. Wilma and Georg Iggers came from different backgrounds, Wilma from a Jewish farming family from the German-speaking border area of Czechoslovakia, Georg from a Jewish business family from Hamburg. They both escaped with their parents from Nazi persecution to North America where they met as students. As a newly married couple they went to the American South where they taught in two historic Black colleges and were involved in the civil rights movement. In 1961 they began going to West Germany regularly not only to do research but also to further reconciliation between Jews and Germans, while at the same time in their scholarly work contributing to a critical confrontation with the German past. After overcoming first apprehensions, they soon felt Göttingen to be their second home, while maintaining their close involvements in America. After 1966 they frequently visited East Germany and Czechslovakia in an attempt to build bridges in the midst of the Cold War. The book relates their very different experiences of childhood and adolescence and then their lives together over almost six decades during which they endeavored to combine their roles as parents and scholars with their social and political engagements. In many ways this is not merely a dual biography but a history of changing conditions in America and Central Europe during turbulent times.

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Two Lives in Uncertain Times

Facing the Challenges of the 20th Century as Scholars and Citizens

By: Wilma Iggers,Georg Iggers

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Facing the Challenges of the 20th Century as Scholars and Citizens

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178238796X

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Women of Prague

Ethnic Diversity and Social Change from the Eighteenth Century to the Present

By: Wilma Iggers

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Women of Prague

Ethnic Diversity and Social Change from the Eighteenth Century to the Present

By: Wilma Iggers

Each of the 12 chapters presents a first-person account, based on letters and autobiography, of a woman who contributed significantly to the cultural life of Prague from the late 18th century to the present. Excellent historical notes accompany each account as well as fascinating but fuzzy bandw photos. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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1571810080

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9781571810083

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