My Middle Name is Israel: A Wartime Memoir of Berlin, London and Shanghai [Hardcover]

Hans Ludwig Riess (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 260 pages
• Publisher: 1st Book Library (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1588209679
• ISBN-13: 978-1588209672
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,228,254 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars My Father's Story, November 18, 2001

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Marc Riess (Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Middle Name is Israel: A Wartime Memoir of Berlin, London and Shanghai (Hardcover)

This book is was written by my father -- an interesting man who has lived an extraordinary life. He somehow harbors little or no hatred for Germany even after the Nazis destroyed his good life and part of his family. He seems to have made his peace by focusing on the good that some people did for Jews even during the madness of the Houlocaust. The story itself is interesting -- e.g., being a member of the Kindertrasport to England; traveling for 10 weeks on a Japanese ship from London around Cape Horn to Shanghai; living outside the Jewish ghetto in Shanghai, while his parents lived and suffered in it. Yet, my fathers' reactions to all these experiences are just as if not more interesting, and I don't think I'm saying that just because I'm a psychologist and he's my father. My father is proud of this book and the story it tells and, in my opinion, he has every right to be. - Marc Riess, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Middlebury College; Vermont

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book, wonderful people, September 22, 2004

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Richard W. Museums "Richard W. Museums" (Nanuet, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Middle Name is Israel: A Wartime Memoir of Berlin, London and Shanghai (Hardcover)

Having known the author and his wife for a number of years.. I am delighted to read there story. I thank god he wrote the book.

Thanks

Richard W. Museums