A review by franschulman9
Hitler, My Neighbor: Memories of a Jewish Childhood, 1929-1939 by Bertil Scali, Edgar Feuchtwanger

4.0

The book is a memoir of the author’s childhood as a German Jewish boy who lived in the same Munich neighborhood as Hitler. The structure is anecdotal and combines the story of his maturing from a young child to teenager with the horrors faced by himself and his family. His parents, who were intellectual, affluent, established and considered themselves German, chose to stay in Munich despite their fear of Hitler and how German society was changing, not applying for visas until after Kristallnacht. The book, which is translated from French, is written in simple language, as if a young person is telling the story, not a ninety year old looking back on a period of his life. Highly recommend for those interested in the Holocaust.