Berlin Shadow: Living with the Ghosts of the Kindertransport

Title: Berlin Shadow: Living with the Ghosts of the Kindertransport
Author: Jonathan Lichtenstein
History: 1683013
ISBN: 9780316541015
Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
Published: 2020
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Section: Social Science | Jewish Studies
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Publisher Description: A deeply moving memoir that confronts the defining trauma of the twentieth century, and its effects on a father and son.

In 1939, Jonathan Lichtenstein's father Hans escaped Nazi-occupied Berlin as a child refugee on the Kindertransport. Almost every member of his family died after Kristallnacht, and, upon arriving in England to make his way in the world alone, Hans turned his back on his German Jewish culture.

Growing up in post-war rural Wales where the conflict was never spoken of, Jonathan and his siblings were at a loss to understand their father's relentless drive and sometimes eccentric behavior. As Hans enters old age, he and Jonathan set out to retrace his journey back to Berlin.

Written with tenderness and grace, The Berlin Shadow is a highly compelling story about time, trauma, family, and a father and son's attempt to emerge from the shadows of history.