Unbornness by Peter Selg
A family's recently discovered correspondence provides the inspiration for this fascinating and deeply moving account of Jewish family life before, during and after the Holocaust. Rebecca Boehling and Uta Larkey reveal how the Kaufmann-Steinberg family was pulled apart under the Nazi regime and dispersed over three continents. The family's unique eight-way correspondence across two generations brings into sharp focus the dilemma of Jews in Nazi Germany facing the painful decisions of when, if and to where they should emigrate. The authors capture the family members' fluctuating emotions of hope, optimism, resignation and despair as well as the day-to-day concerns, experiences and dynamics of family life despite increasing persecution and impending deportation. Headed by two sisters who were among the first female business owners in Essen, the family was far from conventional and their story contributes new dimensions to our understanding of Jewish life in Germany and in exile during these dark years.Peter Selg was born in Stuttgart in 1963 and had his medical education in Witten-Herdecke, Zurich, and Berlin. He worked as the head physician of the Herdecke hospital's adolescent psychiatry department until 2000. Dr. Selg is now the head of the Ita Wegman Institute for Fundamental Anthroposophical Research in Arlesheim, Switzerland, and a professor of medicine at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences in Germany. Seeing Christ in Illness and Healing (2005), The Thera-peutic Eye (2008), A Great Metamorphosis (2008), The Figure of Christ (2009), Rudolf Steiner as a Spiritual Teacher (2010), and Rudolf Steiner and the Fifth Gospel (2010) are only a few of his writings. He has five children and is married.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780880107181 |
| ISBN 10 | 0880107189 |
| Title | Unbornness |
| Author | Peter Selg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Anthroposophic Press Inc |
| Year published | 2010-08-15 |
| Number of pages | 88 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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