Nicola Bibliographic, Post-1945, Primary, Queer

Berg, Sibylle, Vielen Dank für das Leben (Munich: Hanser, 2012)

Berg's novel plots the life of Toto, born in the German Democratic Republic under unfortunate circumstances, leading on the one hand to a tale of rotten luck and chronic mistreatment at the hands of others as a young intersex individual, but on the other to her individual rise to self-confidence and contentment, despite all, with … Continue reading Berg, Sibylle, Vielen Dank für das Leben (Munich: Hanser, 2012)

Tom Bibliographic, German Outside Germany, Jewishness, Post-1945, Primary

Petrowskaja, Katja, Vielleicht Esther (Berlin: Suhrkamp, 2014)

Petrowskaja's novel is a highly accessible exploration of the dynamics of cultural memory. The text's autobiographical narrator traces the history of her Jewish family in Eastern Europe, reflecting particularly on the 1941 Babi Yar Massacre and its legacy in personal and collective forms of memory. The narrator portrays Petrowskaja's own encounters with historical archives and … Continue reading Petrowskaja, Katja, Vielleicht Esther (Berlin: Suhrkamp, 2014)

Nicola Bibliographic, Gender, Post-1945, Primary

‘Anonyma’, Eine Frau in Berlin: Tagebuchaufzeichnungen vom 20. April bis 22. Juni 1945 (Die andere Bibliotek, 2015)

Please note that there are various editions of this text. Peter Davies, University of Edinburgh: "I use this text on a course on Holocaust testimony: though it is not a Holocaust testimony itself, it allows us to expand the range of comparisons, embed discussion of the Holoaust in the war, and talk about linguistic and … Continue reading ‘Anonyma’, Eine Frau in Berlin: Tagebuchaufzeichnungen vom 20. April bis 22. Juni 1945 (Die andere Bibliotek, 2015)