ISBN: 2940015044782

A richly detailed portrait not only of a man struggling to lead an ethical life but of the disturbed times in which he lived.Drawing on family papers, wide-ranging interviews, FBI files, … Mehr…

A richly detailed portrait not only of a man struggling to lead an ethical life but of the disturbed times in which he lived.Drawing on family papers, wide-ranging interviews, FBI files, American and German newspapers, a wide array of published sources, and her own memories, the author traces Marks's German American heritage, his education both formal and informal, his marriage to a fellow Communist from a poor Russian family, his rocky start as an academic, his anguish when confronted by his Communist past, and his ultimate creation of a satisfying career. Her sleuthing encompasses as well the paths to safety taken by his German friends as they found sanctuary around the world--in Russia, England, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, Palestine, Brazil, the United States, and Canada.Of particular interest is Carol Sicherman's carefully researched description of the anti-Semitic atmosphere that Jewish students encountered at Harvard in the twenties and thirties, as well as the experience of a young American thrown into the turmoil accompanying the collapse of Germany's democracy and the appeal of Communism as an alternative to Nazism. --Curt F. Beck, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Connecticut. Digital Content>E-books>World History>Germany & Austria Hist>Germany,Austria Hist, New Academia Publishing Digital >16<

ISBN: 2940015044782

Rude Awakenings: An American Historian's Encounter With Nazism, Communism and McCarthyism RUDE-AWAKENINGS~~Carol-Sicherman World History>Germany & Austria Hist>Germany/Austria Hist NOOK B… Mehr…

Rude Awakenings: An American Historian's Encounter With Nazism, Communism and McCarthyism RUDE-AWAKENINGS~~Carol-Sicherman World History>Germany & Austria Hist>Germany/Austria Hist NOOK Book (eBook), New Academia Publishing<