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Edgar Hilsenrath

Born

in Leipzig, Germany

April 02, 1926

Died

December 30, 2018

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Edgar Hilsenrath (born 1926) was a German-Jewish writer. His main works are Night, The Nazi and the Barber, and The Story of the Last Thought.

Hilsenrath was born in Leipzig. In 1938 his mother escaped with her two children to Siret (Sereth), in Romanian Bukovina, where they enjoyed a respite from persecution. At the time that he should have received an entrance card to higher education, he and his mother were interned in the ghetto of Cernăuţi (Czernowitz).

He began to write about the Holocaust after his liberation when he moved to Paris. Hilsenrath also lived in Palestine, Israel, and New York.

According to Dagmar C. G. Lorenz, Simon Wiesenthal Center, "Hilsenrath calls things by their proper names and portrays life first and foremost as p ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 3,915 ratings · 318 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	Der Nazi & der Friseur 3.98 avg rating — 2,114 ratings — published 1971 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fuck America: Bronskys Geständnis 3.68 avg rating — 651 ratings — published 1980 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nacht 4.48 avg rating — 418 ratings — published 1964 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Het sprookje van de laatste gedachte by Edgar Hilsenrath, Elly Schippers (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1989 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jossel Wassermanns Heimkehr 3.98 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1993 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orgasme à Moscou by Edgar Hilsenrath, Jörg Stickan (Translator), Sacha Zilberfarb (Translator) 3.41 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1979 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Abenteuer des Ruben Jablonski. Ein autobiographischer Roman. 3.71 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terminus Berlin by Edgar Hilsenrath, Chantal Philippe (translator) 3.69 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zibulsky oder Antenne im Bauch 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nouvelles 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Elinde namuslu kadınlarla ilişkiye girecek parası olmadığından onun için ulaşılmazlar. Bu da namusun yalnızca fahişeliğin bir versiyonu olduğunu kanıtlıyor.”
― Edgar Hilsenrath, Fuck America: Bronsky's Confession

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“Do you know what is that: a worldwide public? Those are billions of covered ears!... a worldwide press must raise a loud voice! Or else the worldwide public won't hear anything, again.”
― Edgar Hilsenrath, Der Nazi & der Friseur

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“<...> užuojauta yra kančia. O kančia - kryžius. Ir visi nori savo kryžiaus atsikratyti.”
― Edgar Hilsenrath, Nacis kirpėjas

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