Deploying concepts of interpretation, liberation, and survival, esteemed literary critic Herbert Lindenberger reflects on the diverse fates of his family during the Holocaust. Combining public, family, and personal record with literary, musical, and art criticism, One Family's Shoah suggests a new way of writing cultural history.

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Herbert Lindenberger is Avalon Foundation Professor of Humanities Emeritus at Stanford University, USA. He is the former president of the Modern Language Association and founded the graduate program in Comparative Literature at Stanford University. He has published widely on literature, music, and cultural history, including books on Wordsworth, Büchner, Trakl, historical drama, opera, and critical theory. Among other honors, he has been the recipient of Fulbright, Guggenheim, NEH, and Stanford Humanities Center Fellowships.

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Preface PART I: FOUR FATES 1. Deceiving: Nathan Lindenberger and the Duplicities of Theresienstadt 2. Memorializing: Betty Lindenberger Levi as Representative Auschwitz Victim 3. Interpreting: Whether It Was Foolish or Heroic to Fire-bomb the 'Soviet Paradise' 4. Liberating: The Edelmann Family Exodus from Occupied Denmark PART II: AFTERMATH 5. Surviving: Those Who Made It Out in Time 6. Compensating: Legally, Morally, Politically 7. Re-positioning: Stages of Shoah-Consciousness