{"product_id":"two-lives-in-uncertain-times-facing-the-challenges-of-the-20th-century-as-scholars-and-citizens-9781845451400","title":"Two Lives in Uncertain Times: Facing the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPublished in Association with the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tWilma and Georg Iggers came from different backgrounds, Wilma from a Jewish farming family from the German-speaking border area of Czechoslovakia, Georg from a Jewish business family from Hamburg. They both escaped with their parents from Nazi persecution to North America where they met as students. As a newly married couple they went to the American South where they taught in two historic Black colleges and were involved in the civil rights movement. In 1961 they began going to West Germany regularly not only to do research but also to further reconciliation between Jews and Germans, while at the same time in their scholarly work contributing to a critical confrontation with the German past. After overcoming first apprehensions, they soon felt Göttingen to be their second home, while maintaining their close involvements in America. After 1966 they frequently visited East Germany and Czechslovakia in an attempt to build bridges in the midst of the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tThe book relates their very different experiences of childhood and adolescence and then their lives together over almost six decades during which they endeavored to combine their roles as parents and scholars with their social and political engagements. In many ways this is not merely a dual biography but a history of changing conditions in America and Central Europe during turbulent times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eReactions to the German edition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“What among the advantages of this book has to be counted is the fact that the authors were fully aware of the political and social situation during the various stages of their lives and able to reflect on it.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• H-German (H-Net)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eFrom Bohemia to Canada (1921–1942)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eFrom Hamburg to Richmond (1926–1944)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eGraduate Studies in Chicago and New York (1943–1949)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Struggle against Racial Segregation: Little Rock and New Orleans (1950–1960)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eReturn to Europe (1960–1962)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eTurbulent Years in Buffalo (1962–1970)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Seventies and Eighties (1970–1990)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eOur Contacts with East Germany (1966–1990)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003ePrivate Life and Ties to Bohemia (1970–2006)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eAfter the Cold War (1990–2006)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042966045015,"sku":"9781845451400","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845451400.jpg?v=1750956437","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/two-lives-in-uncertain-times-facing-the-challenges-of-the-20th-century-as-scholars-and-citizens-9781845451400","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}