The Kissinger Saga by Evi Kurz
'No interviews about my private life' has always been Henry Kissinger's response to curious journalists. But journalist Evi Kurz from Furth, from the Kissingers' home town in southern Germany, proposed a family portrait and eventually managed to win the trust of both brothers. This is the story of two Americans of German-Jewish descent: one of them a key figure in Cold War diplomacy and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, the other a top businessman - two lives which are exemplars of the American dream. When Louis and Paula Kissinger's sons were born - Henry in 1923 and Walter in 1924 - the Kissingers were part of a flourishing Jewish middle class in Furth, a large market town in northern Bavaria. But then Hitler came to power. Evi Kurz describes the gradual but remorseless destruction of Furth's Jewish community in the 1930s; the Kissinger family's emotional farewell to Germany in 1938 and their escape to New York; the family's war years in America; and the hugely successful careers in postwar America of both brothers, who nevertheless remembered and cherished their German home and roots.
"a triumph of journalistic digging, and it makes for a little gem of a booka magnificent story about boyhood, identity and belonging" -- Stephen Robinson SUNDAY TIMES "tells a fascinating and tragic story. Kurz does a fine job of tracing the early history of the Kissinger family and evoking their happy days before the coming of Nazism" -- Dominic Sandbrook LITERARY REVIEW "This book of the TV broadcast is very informative" -- Eoin McVey IRISH TIMES
Evi Kurz was born in Furth and began her successful career as a journalist with Bavarian Broadcasting in Germany. For many years she has been working as a news anchor for the evening news on German television. In 2003 she founded her own company, TLF TimeLineFilm Ltd, to produce historical and contemporary documentaries, including 'Die Kissinger Saga' which was broadcast in 2006 and published in German in 2007. She lives in Furth.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780297856757 |
| ISBN 10 | 0297856758 |
| Title | The Kissinger Saga |
| Author | Evi Kurz |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2009-03-12 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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