Good Neighbors Bad Times Echoes Of My Fathers German Village Mimi Schwartz by Mimi Schwartz. 9780803217676, 0803217676 instant download after payment.

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?  Read more...
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...