02183cam a2200373 i 4500 340735787 TxAuBib 20180228120000.0 170328s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017004211 9781590518649 $25.95 1590518640 $25.95 TxAuBib rda eng fre Feuchtwanger, E. J,. Hitler, mon voisin English. Hitler, my neighbor : memories of a Jewish childhood, 1929-1939 / Edgar Feuchtwanger with Bertil Scali ; translated from the French by Adriana Hunter. New York : Other Press, [2017] 209 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in French as Hitler, mon voisin : souvenirs d'un enfant juif, by Éditions Michel Lafon, Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex, in 2013"--Title page verso. "An eminent historian recounts the Nazi rise to power from his unique perspective as a young Jewish boy in Munich, living with Adolf Hitler as his neighbor. Watching events unfold from his window, Edgar bore witness to the Night of the Long Knives, the Anschluss, and Kristallnacht. Jews were arrested; his father was imprisoned at Dachau. In 1939 Edgar was sent on his own to England, where he would make a new life, a career, have a family, and strive to forget the nightmare of his past--a past that came rushing back when he decided, at the age of eighty-eight, to tell the story of his buried childhood and his infamous neighbor"--Provided by publisher. 20180228. Feuchtwanger, E. J Childhood and youth. Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945. Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945. Homes and haunts Germany Munich. Jewish children Germany Munich Biography. Jews Persecutions Germany History 20th century. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives. Munich (Germany) Biography. Scali, Bertil, 1969-