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Originally Posted by issybird
When we read Stefan Zweig earlier this year, I was interested in Peter Gay's introduction to Chess Story (also because I took a wonderful class with him on 19th century European bourgeoisie in college). That led me to read his memoir, My German Question, which addressed just that issue: why didn't more Jews leave. His family just barely managed it.
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oh no, another one for my TBR! And even Amos Oz mentions (among others) Stefan Zweig so many times that I think I should not let my impression of
Chess stop me from reading more from him. EDIT: I see now you are referring to Gays' biography
Incidentally, I am quite jealous of the freedom Anglophone universities give to students (even more so with the US style four years education) - no chance of straddling away from your discipline in my part of the world, which is really sad.