Eva and Otto (ePub)
story about German opposition and resistance to Hitler as revealed through the
early lives of Eva Lewinski Pfister (1910-1991) and Otto Pfister (1900-1985).
It is an intimate and epic account of two Germans-Eva born Jewish, Otto...
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Eva and Otto is a true
story about German opposition and resistance to Hitler as revealed through the
early lives of Eva Lewinski Pfister (1910-1991) and Otto Pfister (1900-1985).
It is an intimate and epic account of two Germans-Eva born Jewish, Otto born
Catholic-who worked with a little-known German political group that resisted
and fought against Hitler in Germany before 1933 and then in exile in Paris
before the German invasion of France in May 1940. After their improbable
escapes from separate internment and imprisonment in Europe, Eva obtained
refuge in America in October 1940 where she worked to rescue other endangered
political refugees, including Otto, with the help of Eleanor Roosevelt. As
revealed in recently declassified records, Eva and Otto later engaged in
different secret assignments with the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in
support of the Allied war effort. Despite their vastly different backgrounds,
Eva and Otto gave each other hope and strength as they acted upon what they
understood to be an ethical duty to help others threatened by fascism. The book
provides a sobering insight into the personal risks and costs of a commitment
to that duty. Their unusually beautiful writing-directed to each other in
diaries and correspondence during two long periods of wartime separation-also
reveals an unlikely and inspiring love story.
Tom Pfister was a partner at the law
firm of Latham & Watkins, LLP, where he practiced in its Los Angeles office
for over thirty years before retiring. He currently serves on the boards of
several nonprofit organizations and provides pro bono legal advice for them.
Tom received his AB from Stanford University (majoring in history and German),
and spent a year of study with Stanford programs in Germany. He received his JD
from Harvard Law School.
Kathy Pfister is a psychotherapist with a private practice in Amherst,
Massachusetts. For many years, she worked as a therapist in the Counseling
Service at Mount Holyoke College. During that time, she also served as a member
of the adjunct faculty at the Smith College Graduate School of Social Work.
Kathy received her AB from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her
master's degree in clinical social work from the University of California,
Berkeley.
Peter Pfister is senior
counsel at the law firm of Morrison & Foerster, LLP, where he has practiced
in its San Francisco office for over forty years. He previously served as chairman
of that firm. As an undergraduate at the University of California, Santa
Barbara, Peter spent a year in the University of California Education Abroad
program at the University of Göttingen, Germany. He received his JD from Yale
Law School.
- Autor: Tom Pfister
- 2019, 478 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Purdue University Press
- ISBN-10: 1612496156
- ISBN-13: 9781612496153
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2019
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- Grösse: 6.66 MB
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