Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Plake, Andreas, 1957-
2. Quinkert, Babette.
3. Schmaltz, Florian, 1968-

Description

1. xii, 169 pages; 23 cm

Summary

1. After surviving the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, Hans Frankenthal chose to return to live in his hometown of Schmallenberg, Germany at the age of 19. In this memoir, he describes his experiences working as a butcher in the town, a town emptied of its Jewish residences where few wanted to hear about his experiences during the war. He also describes his experiences after retirement, when he finally spoke out and became an advocate for those who had been forced to work as slave laborers for the company I.G. Farben. Translated from Verweigerte Rueckkehr (1999). Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Series statement

1. Jewish lives

Uniform title

1. Verweigerte Ruckkehr. English
2. Jewish lives.

Alternative title

1. Verweigerte Ruckkehr.

Subject

1. Frankenthal, Hans
2. Auschwitz / Konzentrationslager
3. 1939-1945
4. Jews > Germany > Schmallenberg > Biography
5. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Germany > Schmallenberg > Personal narratives
6. Jews
7. Judenverfolgung
8. Wiedergutmachung
9. Jews > Germany > Schmallenberg > Biography
10. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Germany > Schmallenberg > Personal narratives
11. Schmallenberg (Germany) > Biography
12. Germany > Schmallenberg
13. Schmallenberg
14. Schmallenberg (Germany) > Biography
15. Juden

Genre/Form

1. Biographies
2. Personal narratives
3. Personal narratives.
4. Récits personnels.

Contents

1. "Where Is Schmallenberg?" 3 -- The Boycott 4 -- Our Jewish Home 6 -- My Childhood in Schmallenberg 8 -- The Sports Festival 11 -- Losing My Friends 13 -- The First Arrests 15 -- The Pogrom 17 -- "I Would Never Have Believed What the Germans Are Capable Of" 19 -- My Bar Mitzvah 21 -- The "Jews' Houses" 23 -- "Wheels Have to Roll to Win the War ..." 24 -- In Broad Daylight 28 -- In Cattle Cars to the East 30 -- The End of the Line -- Auschwitz 32 -- Monowitz 34 -- The First Day in the Camp 36 -- Kommando 12 38 -- Extermination by Work 39 -- The Evening Roll Call 41 -- Nighttime 43 -- Ede Besch 44 -- The SS 46 -- Buttonholes, Shoes, and Cement Bags 48 -- Barracks-Room Assistants 50 -- The Commandant's Dog 52 -- First Contacts with the Resistance 53 -- The Resistance 55 -- Sabotage 56 -- The Stonemason-Training Kommando 57 -- The Infirmary 59 -- Selection 60 -- Medical Experimentation on Human Beings 62 -- "After Us It's Their Turn!" 63 -- The Death March 64 -- The Cold Hell 67 -- The Escape 69 -- In Captivity Again 71 -- Liberation 72 -- The Return Trip 75 -- Arrival in Schmallenberg 75 -- First Encounters 76 -- Aunt Hedwig 78 -- Stumbling Blocks 80 -- Denazification in Schmallenberg 82 -- Registering with the Police 84 -- Confrontations 86 -- Starting a Family 89 -- The Children of the Survivors 91 -- Ernst 93 -- The Knee Operation 94 -- "Reparations" 95 -- A Very Ordinary Citizen of Schmallenberg 97 -- The Trial in Frankfurt 99 -- A Letter from Poland 101 -- The Children Grow Up 101 -- How It All Started Over Again 104 -- The Memorial Stone 106 -- The Long Silence of Amtsinspektor Holthaus 107 -- The Brochure 111 -- Moving to Dortmund 113 -- An Unexpected Reunion 116 -- Visiting Auschwitz 118 -- The Trial in Siegen 120 -- Another Attempt at a Memorial 121 -- The Lahrmann Company 122 -- 1995: Fifty Years after My Liberation 123.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.