{"product_id":"not-i-memoirs-of-a-german-childhood-paperback","title":"Not I: Memoirs of a German Childhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoachim C. Fest\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartin Chalmers\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eHerbert Arnold\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year, a portrait of an intellectually rigorous German household opposed to the Nazis and how its members suffered for their political stance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew writers have deepened our understanding of the Third Reich as much as German historian, biographer, journalist, and critic Joachim Fest. His biography of Adolf Hitler has reached millions of readers around the world. Born in 1926, Fest experienced firsthand the rise of the Nazis, the Second World War, and a catastrophically defeated Germany, thus becoming a vital witness to these difficult years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this memoir of his childhood and youth, Fest offers a far-reaching view of how he experienced the war and National Socialism. True to the German \u003ci\u003eBildung\u003c\/i\u003e tradition, Fest grows up immersed in the works of Goethe, Schiller, Mörike, Rilke, Kleist, Mozart, and Beethoven. His father, a conservative Catholic teacher, opposes the Nazi regime and as a result loses his job and status. Fest is forced to move to a boarding school in the countryside that he despises, and in his effort to come to terms with his father's strong political convictions, he embarks on a tireless quest for knowledge and moral integrity that will shape the rest of his life and writing career.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoachim Fest \u003c\/b\u003ewas one of the most important authors and historians of the Federal Republic of Germany. From 1963 he worked as chief editor of Norddeutscher Rundfunk (North German Broadcasting), and from 1973 to 1993 as editor of the \u003ci\u003eFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e. His biography \u003ci\u003eHitler\u003c\/i\u003e (1974) has been translated into more than twenty languages. His other works include \u003ci\u003eInside Hitler's Bunker\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), \u003ci\u003eSpeer: The Final Verdict \u003c\/i\u003e(2002), and \u003ci\u003ePlotting Hitler's Death\u003c\/i\u003e (1996). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerbert A. Arnold\u003c\/b\u003e holds a PhD from the University of Würzburg and is a professor emeritus of German and Letters at Wesleyan University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Chalmers's\u003c\/b\u003e recent translations include \u003ci\u003eSummer Resort \u003c\/i\u003eby Esther Kinsky and\u003ci\u003e Brussels, the Gentle Monster: or the Disenfranchisement of Europe\u003c\/i\u003e by Hans Magnus Enzensberger. In 2004 he was awarded the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe Lesser Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, his translation of the post-1945 diaries of Victor Klemperer.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52470303359283,"sku":"9781635425123","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/o_qqeIa7co9781635425123.webp?v=1759416835","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/not-i-memoirs-of-a-german-childhood-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}