A Political Family
The Kuczynskis, Fascism, Espionage and The Cold War
Seiten
2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-23232-7 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-23232-7 (ISBN)
The Kuczynskis were a German-Jewish family of active anti-fascists who worked assiduously to combat the rise of Nazism before and during the course of the war.
The Kuczynskis were a German-Jewish family of active anti-fascists who worked assiduously to combat the rise of Nazism before and during the course of the Second World War. This book focuses on the family of Robert and his wife Berta – both born two decades before the end of the nineteenth century – and their six children, five of whom became communists and one who worked as a Soviet agent. The parents, and later their children, rejected and rebelled against their comfortable bourgeois heritage and devoted their lives to the overthrow of privilege and class society. They chose to do this in a Germany that was rapidly moving in the opposite direction.
With the rise of German nationalism and then Hitler fascism, the family was confronted with stark choices and, as a result of making these choices, suffered persecution and exile. Revealing how these experiences shaped their outlook and perception of events, this book documents the story of the Kuczynskis for the first time in the English language and is a fascinating biographical portrait of a unique and radical family.
The Kuczynskis were a German-Jewish family of active anti-fascists who worked assiduously to combat the rise of Nazism before and during the course of the Second World War. This book focuses on the family of Robert and his wife Berta – both born two decades before the end of the nineteenth century – and their six children, five of whom became communists and one who worked as a Soviet agent. The parents, and later their children, rejected and rebelled against their comfortable bourgeois heritage and devoted their lives to the overthrow of privilege and class society. They chose to do this in a Germany that was rapidly moving in the opposite direction.
With the rise of German nationalism and then Hitler fascism, the family was confronted with stark choices and, as a result of making these choices, suffered persecution and exile. Revealing how these experiences shaped their outlook and perception of events, this book documents the story of the Kuczynskis for the first time in the English language and is a fascinating biographical portrait of a unique and radical family.
John Green is a journalist and author who has written several political biographies. His particular area of interest is the history of East Germany.
Introduction: who are the Kuczynskis?
Robert René – world pioneer of social statistics
Jürgen follows in his father’s footsteps
Ursula – the politically precocious child
Life under fascism
Working underground
The exile years - England
Ursula – a Soviet agent in the Oxfordshire countryside
Jürgen joins the US army
Back in Germany at last
Ursula’s return to the GDR
Life for Jürgen and Marguerite in the GDR
Ursula reveals her past
The sun sets on a dream – the end of the GDR
The British Kuczynskis
Children of the war
The spying business and the role of MI5
Epilogue
Erscheinungsdatum | 03.06.2017 |
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Reihe/Serie | Routledge Studies in Radical History and Politics |
Zusatzinfo | 1 Line drawings, black and white; 19 Halftones, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
Gewicht | 362 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-138-23232-7 / 1138232327 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-23232-7 / 9781138232327 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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