Requiem for a German Past : A Boyhood among

Jurgen Herbst's account of growing up in Nazi Germany from 1928 to 1948 is a boy's experience of anti-Semitism and militarism from the inside. His father was a loving parent, a scholar, a man of principle -- and a German officer.

Illustrations

xi

(2)

Preface

xiii

1. In My Father's House

3

(24)

2. Discovering Social Class

27

(21)

3. Wolfenbuttel's GroBe Schule

48

(19)

4. Kristallnacht

67

(14)

5. Boy Soldier

81

(20)

6. Assignment East

101

(17)

7. St. Mary's Tower

118

(10)

8. The War at Home

128

(13)

9. Etzel's Tale

141

(12)

10. Death Enters

153

(9)

11. The Choice

162

(11)

12. Baptism by Fire

173

(12)

13. In Battle

185

(9)

14. Farewell to Arms

194

(11)

15. Home

205

(10)

16. The Search

215

(7)

17. Requiem

222

(9)

Appendix: Commencement Address, June 15, 1996

231

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Requiem for a German Past : A Boyhood among the Nazis

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