Eva Wechsberg

The centenary life of a Jewish woman from Leipzig
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-95565-457-3
Verlag: Hentrich & Hentrich

Buch, Englisch, Band 268A, 84 Seiten, Format (B × H): 115 mm x 155 mm

Reihe: Jüdische Miniaturen

Eva Wechsberg, born in Leipzig in 1922, experienced anti-Semitism as a child, as well as the seizure of power by the Nazis and their racist fanaticism. She witnessed synagogues being burned during the November Pogrom and was able to escape the Shoah just in time by fleeing to the USA in 1939. A new life began. She married, became a mother, was actively involved in her local Jewish community and led a fulfilled life. However, a longing for her home city remained.
Eva Wechsberg is not a famous philosopher, a well-known writer or a great scientist, and yet her life of almost 100 years shows impressively how one can still believe in life and the goodness in people even after experiencing terrible things. What is more, her life story also tells us a piece of the history of Leipzig and its Jewish community.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Trautmann, Sven

Goldfuß, Gabriele

Lorz, Andrea

Weitere Mitwirkende

Wechsberg, Eva

Lange, Bernd-Lutz

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Antisemitismus, Pogrome, Shoah
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Identität & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums außerhalb Israels/Palästinas
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Holocaust

Über Autor(innen)

Goldfuß, Gabriele
was born in Nuremberg in 1963 and studied philosophy, sinology, and theology in Tübingen, Beijing, and Paris. She gained her Ph.D. in sinology, and from 1994 worked as a lecturer at the University of Leipzig. Since 2001, she has been Head of the Office for International Affairs of the City of Leipzig, where she is in charge of the European and international activities of the City of Leipzig, including partnerships with other cities and the Visitors’ Programme for Former Jewish Leipzigers and their Descendants. She also supervises this network.

Lorz, Andrea
was born in Altenburg in 1947. She studied history and education in Leipzig and gained her Ph.D. in Berlin. She worked as a scientific employee at various institutions in Leipzig and retired in 2012. Between 1996 and 2019 she published numerous publications about regional Jewish history, in particular about the work and achievements of Jewish doctors in Leipzig.

Trautmann, Sven
was born in Leipzig in 1989. He studied political science and African studies in Leipzig and Stellenbosch/South Africa. Since 2013 he has been organizing and supervising the Visitors’ Programme for Former Jewish Leipzigers and their Descendants. He works as a Senior Project Manager at the Office for International Affairs of the City of Leipzig and is also responsible, among other things, for the city partnership between Leipzig and Herzliya/Israel. In 2020 he gained his Ph.D. with a thesis about international organizations.