Mary Hunt Jentsch (1898–1972)
Autor(a) de Trek: An American Woman, Two Small Children and Survival in World War II Germany
Obras de Mary Hunt Jentsch
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1898
- Data de falecimento
- 1972
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Locais de residência
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Paris, France
Berlin, Germany - Educação
- Simmons College
- Relacionamentos
- Mumford, Steve (grandson)
Membros
Resenhas
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Membros
- 5
- Popularidade
- #1,360,914
- Avaliação
- 3.0
- Resenhas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 1
What I had a hard time with was the absence of any mention of Jews and their fate. I find it hard to believe that she and everyone she met were completely ignorant of the situation and that none of them were guilty of anti-semitism or even of belonging to the Nazi party or supporting Hitler. I find it incredible, especially given her contact with POWs and forced laborers, whose existance she depicts as normal and rather jolly. Furthermore, she almost never mentions her husband, his decision to work for the Reich and his subsequent stint with the Germany army on the Eastern Front, even though they lived together until 1943 and remained in contact thereafter. It seems impossible to believe that he was not a Nazi. How could she as an intelligent, well-educated American follow him to Nazi Germany? It is a mystery, and one that made it impossible for me to sympathize with her and her plight.… (mais)