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urn:uuid:ebc98c6e-bec5-4869-b5c9-c1162fd00710 03 01 01 urn:uuid:ebc98c6e-bec5-4869-b5c9-c1162fd00710 15 9781800649477 06 10.11647/OBP.0334 00 EB E107 10 Creative Commons License 02 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ 01 01 No Life Without You Refugee Love Letters from the 1930s 1 B01 Franklin Felsenstein 2 A24 Rachel Pistol First edition. 01 eng 00 644 03 B2 Biography 04 DS134.4 10 HIS022000 12 JFSR1 93 NHTB B2 European Studies: German Studies 10 HIS027100 12 JPFQ 93 NHWR7 B2 History 12 JFFD 93 JPHX 10 POL042030 12 BJ 93 DND 10 LCO011000 12 BGH 10 BIO037000 93 DNC 10 BIO026000 10 SOC066000 01 06 03 00 The letters and journals of Ernst Moritz and Vera Hirsch Felsenstein, two German Jewish refugees caught in the tumultuous years leading to the Second World War, form the core of this book. Abridged in English from the original German, the correspondence and diaries have been expertly compiled and annotated by their only son who preserves his parents’ love story in their own words. Their letters, written from Germany, England, Russia, and Palestine capture their desperate efforts to save themselves and their family, friends and businesses from the fascist tyranny. The book begins by contextualizing the early lives of Moritz and Vera. Because the letters are written to each other almost daily, they are incredibly immediate. Most centrally, the letters recount an astonishing love story, sensual in its intimate detail, and full of dramatic pathos in revealing the anxieties of being apart as the Nazi threat unfolds and broadens. It is told through the voices of two exceptionally articulate letter writers. This volume offers insights into the moral and psychological dilemmas faced by German Jews as a targeted community. It affords a unique appreciation of the impact of historical and socio-political upheavals on the lives of a persecuted minority. A scholarly introduction by Rachel Pistol draws out the main themes raised by this correspondence, observing its relevance to contemporary debates about migration and political authority. 04 00 About the Editor Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements Refugees: A Contextual Introduction by Rachel Pistol PART 1: THEN One: Familien Hirsch Two: Mainly Mope Three: Victoriaschule Four: “And So What?” Five: Heising Six: Of Books And Arts (1): Max Schwimmer Seven: Of Books And Arts (2): Thomas Mann Eight: “I Will Give Up Medicine!!!!!” Nine: Under The Swastika Ten: “Did I Do the Right Thing?” Eleven: Zionism Twelve: Gretel Thirteen: Marks and Mitja PART 2: NOW Fourteen: “I Stole a Kiss From You at the Train Station” Fifteen: Mope in Palestine Sixteen: Palestine or Vera? Seventeen: Dover Eighteen: “Happy and Sad at the Same Time” Nineteen: Letters From a Wretched Coffee House Sitter Twenty: “More of a Stranger Here Now” Twenty-one: “The Letter Writing Last Guest” Twenty-two: “Human Beings Are Good!” Twenty-three: “Every Turn of the Wheel” Twenty-four: “I Will Come to London Directly” Twenty-five: “The Alpha and Omega of My Life” Twenty-six: “This Ever So Long Time of Insatiable Longing” Twenty-seven: “10,108 white foxes” Twenty-eight: Visas, Visas, Visas Twenty-nine: “Today, For the First Time in My Life, I Wished I Were a Man!” Thirty: “The Little Fruit That Fell From the Tree” Thirty-one: “No Life Without You” Thirty-two: Afterword Glossary of Names Select Bibliography Index 20 00 Open Access Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers Cambridge, UK 04 01 20240325 2024 06 15 9781800649453 06 15 9781800649460 06 15 9781800649477 06 15 9781800649514 06 15 9781800649484 09 Open Book Publishers 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/OBP.0334 99 01 09 Open Book Publishers 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0334.pdf 99 01