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Postcards to Hitler – A German Jew’s Defiance in a Time of Terror is the story of a Jewish family set against the backdrop of great changes, culminating in the rise and rule of fascism.

At once sweeping and deeply intimate, this narrative history of Benno and Anna Neuburger, Bruce’s grandparents, and their circle of relatives and friends is drawn from family stories, direct interviews, and a mass of archival documents, including the Neuburgers’ final letters.

What emerges is a vivid portrayal of rising anti-Semitism as society is divided into “the Volk and the Jews.” The disbelief, and then the dawning of reality with each new law, portrays a slow-moving parade of horror, until it is not moving slowly anymore —and heroic acts of resistance.

Revolution Books is proud to host this presentation about this gripping work of historical creative nonfiction that resonates deeply with what confronts society and the world at this very moment.

In his dedication Neuburger concludes “…we must insist. Never again to anyone.” In an April 10, 2024 article in Counterpunch Neuburger writes, referring to his grandfather's and other acts of Jewish resistance to Nazism, “Did the Jews of that era have a right to resist these crimes? Yes. Do the Palestinians have a right to resist their oppression and persecution? Yes. Should the people of the world support the Palestinians? Yes again. Should Jewish people support Palestinians? Absolutely. If we are to uproot the soil on which antisemitism and all forms of racism flourish, we must oppose this racialized nationalism and racial persecution wherever it manifests itself, whether in Germany in 1940, or Israel or the U.S. today.”

For more about the book, visit the website: postcardstohitler.com.

Praise for the book:

Bruce Neuburger has told the very personal story of his grandfather Benno, who was executed for resisting Hitler’s persecution. Neuburger’s powerful writing recreates the atmosphere of the times as his family fights for its existence. This is a book that calls us to stand up against injustice and that gives us hope in disturbing times.—Maximilian Strnad, historian, author of The Fortune of Survival – Intermarried German Jews in the late stage of the Shoah.

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