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The story of Stella Goldschlag, whom Wyden knew as a child, and who later became notorious as a "catcher" in wartime Berlin, hunting down hundreds of hidden Jews for the Nazis. A harrowing chronicle of Stella's agonizing choice, her three murder trials, her reclusive existence, and the trauma inherited by her illegitimate daughter in Israel. 16 pages of B&W photographs.… (plus d'informations)
A biography/memoir of World War II. Peter Wyden, a German Jewish boy, moved to America before the dark curtain of Nazism spread over Europe. One of his German Jewish classmates, Stella Goldschlag, became infamous when she was "turned" by the Gestapo. In exchange for the Nazis not shipping her and her parents off to Auschwitz, she helped them catch Jews hiding in Berlin. She was responsible for hundreds, maybe thousands of arrests and subsequent murders. In just one weekend, she helped the Gestapo apprehend 62 Jews. Interspersed with Stella's story are details about Peter Wyden growing up in Germany and the US, and his military service during World War II.
Stella was a truly fascinating character to me, and it's clear that Wyden shared my interest. Although he learned a lot of details about her life, interviewed people who knew her, and interviewed Stella herself, he never really figured out what made her tick and why she became a traitor when so many other Jews chose to die rather than cooperate with the Germans.
Bonus detail: after this book was written, in 1994, Stella committed suicide by jumping from her apartment window. She was 72 years old.
Additional bonus detail: I believe Stella is mentioned, although not by name, in Cornelia Edvardson's memoir Burned Child Seeks Fire. She mentions a blonde, beautiful Jewish Nazi collaborator who feels guilty about turning in her fellow Jews but does it so her parents will not be killed. That sounds very much like Stella, and Edvardson's book is set in Berlin which was Stella's stomping ground. ( )
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It is neither easy nor agreeable to dredge this abyss of viciousness, and yet I think it needs to be done, because what could be perpetrated yesterday could be attempted again tomorrow, could overwhelm us and our children.
--Primo Levi The Drowned and the Saved (1988)
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For Helen
If she hadn't been so foresighted about Hitler, I wouldn't be here.
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Stella's daughter is a public health nurse in Israel, nearly fifty, wiry, tense, alert to hints of danger in the wind, like a doe.
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"They get it every night in their dreams," Dr. Kinsler said.
The story of Stella Goldschlag, whom Wyden knew as a child, and who later became notorious as a "catcher" in wartime Berlin, hunting down hundreds of hidden Jews for the Nazis. A harrowing chronicle of Stella's agonizing choice, her three murder trials, her reclusive existence, and the trauma inherited by her illegitimate daughter in Israel. 16 pages of B&W photographs.
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Stella was a truly fascinating character to me, and it's clear that Wyden shared my interest. Although he learned a lot of details about her life, interviewed people who knew her, and interviewed Stella herself, he never really figured out what made her tick and why she became a traitor when so many other Jews chose to die rather than cooperate with the Germans.
Bonus detail: after this book was written, in 1994, Stella committed suicide by jumping from her apartment window. She was 72 years old.
Additional bonus detail: I believe Stella is mentioned, although not by name, in Cornelia Edvardson's memoir Burned Child Seeks Fire. She mentions a blonde, beautiful Jewish Nazi collaborator who feels guilty about turning in her fellow Jews but does it so her parents will not be killed. That sounds very much like Stella, and Edvardson's book is set in Berlin which was Stella's stomping ground. (