(Fiction, 380 pp. 1933; 2022 [revised translation and introduction by Joshua Cohen])
Originally published in 1933, while antisemitic brutality was erupting into mainstream German life, The Oppermans presents a thinly veiled fictional account of tragic events in real time. It was “intended to sound an alarm,” according to the book’s new introduction by Joshua Cohen (The Netanyahus). Feuchtwanger’s fearsome vision of unfolding events anticipated social and cultural revolutions that continue to haunt the current political landscape.
Excerpt from WBUR, January 10, 2023
Excerpt from Persuasion, October 14, 2022
Full text of 1934 edition from the Internet Archive, n.d.
Review by Donald Weber, The Jewish Book Council, December 5, 2022
Review by Joshua Cohen, The New York Times, October 5, 2022
Review by Pamela Paul, The New York Times (in The Salt Lake Tribune), October 10, 2022
Review by Marco Roth, Tablet, June 29, 2022
Review by Jens Cruse, Politico Magazine, November 28, 2018
Review by Kirkus Reviews, July 26, 2022
Review by Sabine Peschel, DW, October 8, 2018
Review by Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, December 19, 2022
Background, plot, and context from Wikipedia
Lion Feuchtwanger biography, in Holocaust Encyclopedia, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, n.d.
