- Summary
- "In a moving narrative Max Krakauer describes his life-threatening odyssey at a time when Germany was being changed by war. Under most difficult circumstances, Max Krakauer and his wife were fearful of being discovered and arrested, but they also were constantly supported and hidden by courageous rescuers, many of whom followed their Christian conscience. This book first appeared in 1947 and was reprinted several times. Now it is finally available in an English translation. The translator, Hans Martin Wuerth, Professor Emeritus, Moravian College, Bethlehem in Pennsylvania, has lived in the United States since 1953. His wife, Ursula, is the daughter of the Righteous Gentiles Otto and Gertrud Mörike, two of the primary coordinators of the Krakauers'stirring escape. During his teaching career, from 1964 to 2001, Dr. Wuerth lectured and wrote on German Language and Literature, the History of National Socialism and the Holocaust. Added to Max Krakauer's original text are maps, a chronology of the various escape routes, and a detailed Epilogue about the lives of the Krakauer couple following their liberation."--Provided by vendor
Hauptbeschreibung In a moving narrative Max Krakauer describes his life-threatening odyssey at a time when Germany was being changed by war. Under most difficult circumstances, Max Krakauer and his wife were fearful of being discovered and arrested, but they also were constantly supported and hidden by courageous rescuers, many of whom followed their Christian conscience. This book first appeared in 1947 and was reprinted several times. Now it is finally available in an English translation. The translator, Hans Martin Wuerth, Professor Emeritus, Moravian College, Bethlehem in Pennsylvania.
- Uniform Title
- Lichter im Dunkel. English
- Format
- Online resource
- Author/Creator
- Krakauer, Max.
- Published
- Stuttgart : Calwer Verlag, 2012
- Locale
- Germany
Allemagne
- Contents
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Preface
Dark skies overhead
The gutter overflows
Forced labour
Asylum overnight
Pomeranian journey
Panic Salto mortale
Arrest Brethren's council
Christmas and winter
On swabian roads
The race against time
They are coming
Conclusion
Epilogue
Brief biography.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Wuerth, Hans Martin, translator.
- Notes
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Preface -- Dark skies overhead -- The gutter overflows -- Forced labour -- Asylum overnight -- Pomeranian journey -- Panic Salto mortale -- Arrest Brethren's council -- Christmas and winter -- On swabian roads -- The race against time -- They are coming -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Brief biography.
Online resource; title from title screen (EBSCOhost, viewed August 3, 2020).
