Imagine Being a Jew for One Hour

Stories against anti-Semitism

by Kurt Oesterle

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Hatred of Jews is long-standing, widespread and powerful. After Auschwitz, the lesson used to be: “Never again!” However, anti-Semitic resentment, like an epidemic, still grips the bourgeois middle-class in our society. In his book “A Jew for One Hour”, Kurt Oesterle convincingly demonstrates how hatred of Jews functions in aesthetic and emotional terms with no empathy whatsoever. He also shows that for the past 200 years of German literature a line of tradition can be acknowledged “in defence of Jewishness”. Kurt Oesterle accounts for this in his book of stories with an impressive depth of knowledge, with a generous heart and mind and incredible commitment. A truly significant book.

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Author Biography

Kurt Oesterle, Dr phil., freelance writer, renowned literary essayist, has published numerous monographs as well as several successful novels. He was awarded the Theodor Wolff Prize and the Berthold Auerbach Literature Prize. He is a member of the German PEN Centre.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher S. Hirzel Verlag
  • Publication Date September 2021
  • Orginal LanguageGerman
  • ISBN/Identifier 9783777629216
  • FormatHardback
  • Primary Price 22 EUR
  • Pages292
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language TitleEine Stunde ein Jude
  • Copyright Year2021

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