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Publisher
Picador
ISBN-10
1250065062
ISBN-13
9781250065063
eBay Product ID (ePID)
217141310

Product Key Features

Book Title
House by the Lake : One House, Five Families, and a Hundred Years of German History
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Europe / Germany, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, General, Regional, Jewish
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, House & Home, Architecture, History
Author
Thomas Harding
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
23.3 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in

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2015-044339
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In The House By The Lake, the simple villa loved and lost by Thomas Harding's family magically becomes the setting for the great clashes of the 20th century, and for a Technicolour cast - victims, villains and ordinary compromisers - struggling not to be crushed by them. Personal and panoramic, heartwrenching yet uplifting, this is history at its most alive. - A.D Miller, author of Snowdrops and The Faithful Couple "This revelatory and compelling book is a clear must-read for anyone interested in German history during the past tumultuous century... A deeply moving story of endurance - of place as well as people."-Lyn Smith, author of Forgotten Voices of the Holocaust "A superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in, and lost, by five different families. A remarkable book."-Tom Holland, author of In the Shadow of the Sword and Rubicon, " A fascinating window on a tumultuous period."-- Financial Times "By tracing the lives of the different families who lived there, Harding sheds fresh light on the German 20th century, a tale of war, spies, murder and political, racial and social division. His account of the house is a superb work of social history, told with tremendous narrative verve."-- The Sunday Times (London) "This is a history that is often poignant, sometimes heartening, and never other than intimate... This is a gentle but rewarding book, carefully tuned into the marginal voices recorded in the history of one small house by a lake."--Clare Mulley, The Spectator (UK) "Diamond-brilliant... If a webcam had been left on at number 101 Gross Glienicke for 90 years, the record could not have been more vivid or revelatory. Harding''s research, from eyewitness accounts to the files of ministries, is jaw-dropping. This is an extraordinary book. Five Stars."-- Sunday Express (UK) "This emblem of tyranny [the Berlin Wall] was just another fact of life for those living in its shadow. And that is, perhaps, the most important lesson of Harding''s book. History, which we learn about as a series of ideological abstractions, is lived concretely. This is why an ordinary house can serve so effectively as a symbol of the German experience." --Adam Kirsch, The New Statesman "It would be hard to write an original and moving account of the tortured 20th-century history of Germany. But, in The House by the Lake, Thomas Harding succeeds remarkably... A tragic and beautifully told history."-- The Jewish Chronicle "Impressive... A deft history of a cabin containing many secrets." -- The Independent (UK) "The house by the lake has survived economic booms, busts, extremist ideology, persecution, barbed wired fences, blame and retribution and this book is a potent reminder that behind all these, are human stories."-- Country Life "In The House by the Lake, the simple villa loved and lost by Thomas Harding''s family magically becomes the setting for the great clashes of the twentieth century, and for a Technicolor cast--victims, villains and ordinary compromisers--struggling not to be crushed by them. Personal and panoramic, heart-wrenching yet uplifting, this is history at its most alive."--A. D. Miller, author of Snowdrops and The Faithful Couple "A passionate memoir about Germany."--Neil MacGregor, author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany: Memories of a Nation "This revelatory and compelling book is a clear must-read for anyone interested in German history during the past tumultuous century. The House By The Lake is a deeply moving story of endurance - of place as well as people. It is also uplifting as we learn of how the crumbling wreck of the house is restored to a haven of reconciliation and peace for the community and visitors to enjoy, and to heed its history which has been so brilliantly exposed."--Lyn Smith, author of Forgotten Voices "With the narrative drive of a great novelist and the meticulous research of a great historian, Harding has crafted a moving, instructive and important book."-- Herald Scotland "A fascinating and revealing account of a century of German social and political history, told in an effortlessly accessible way."--David Lodge, author of Changing Places "A superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in, and lost, by five different families. A remarkable book."--Tom Holland, author of In The Shadow Of The Sword: The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World "Extraordinary... A masterpiece of microcosmic history."-- The Bookseller "Original, personal, moving and uplifting... [Harding] writes engagingly and sympathetically."-- The Literary Review "Harding writes of love and loss, of victims and villains, of struggle and survival in a heart-wrenching family memoir that many novelists would envy for powerful story, colourful characters and cool style."-- Saga Magazine
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943.085
Table Of Content
CONTENTS List of Illustrations Family Trees Maps Author''s Note Prologue Part I: Glienicke 1. Wollank, 1890 2. Wollank, 1913 3. Alexander, 1927 4. Alexander, 1928 5. Wollank, 1929 6. Alexander, 1930 7. Schultz, 1934 8. Alexander, 1934 Part II: The Lake House Interlude, August 2013 9. Meisel, 1937 10. Meisel, 1937 11. Meisel, 1942 12. Hartmann, 1944 13. Hartmann, 1945 14. Hartmann, 1945 15. Meisel, 1946 16. Meisel, 1948 17. Meisel, 1949 Part III: Home Interlude, December 2013 18. Fuhrmann, 1952 19. Fuhrmann and Kühne, 1958 216 20. Fuhrmann and Kühne, 1959 21. Fuhrmann and Kühne, 1961 22. Fuhrmann and Kühne, 1962 Part IV: Villa Wolfgang Interlude, January 2014 23. Kühne, 1965 24. Kühne, 1970 25. Kühne, 1975 26. Kühne, 1986 27. Kühne, 1989 28. Kühne, 1990 29. Kühne, 1993 30. Kühne, 1999 Part V: Parcel Number 101/7 and 101/8 Interlude, February 2014 31. City of Potsdam, 2003 32. City of Potsdam, 2004 33. City of Potsdam, 2014 Epilogue Postscript Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements Index LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. The lake house, July 2013 (Thomas Harding) 2. Otto Wollank (Wollank Family Archive) 3. Dorothea von Wollank (Ullstein/ Topfoto) 4. Groß Glienicke Lake, photograph by Lotte Jacobi, 1928 (Alexander Family Archive) 5. The lake house, photograph by Lotte Jacobi, 1928 (Alexander Family Archive) 6. Henny Alexander on the lake house veranda (Alexander Family Archive) 7. Alfred Alexander in the garden at Glienicke (Alexander Family Archive) 8. Alfred (front centre), Elsie and Bella (back row left) and friends at the lake, 1928 (Alexander Family Archive) 9. Otto and Dorothea von Wollank''s funeral procession, 1929 (Groß Glienicke Chronik) 10. Robert von Schultz (Landesarchiv Berlin) 11. Joseph Goebbels calls for Jewish boycott, Berlin, 1 April 1933 (USHMM/ National Archives, College Park) 12. Fritz Munk with Alfred and Henny Alexander, Groß Glienicke (Munk Family Archive) 13. ''Jews are barred from entering'' sign, Wannsee, 1935 (SZ Photo/Scherl/Bridgeman Images) 14. Will Meisel (Edition Meisel GmbH) 15. Eliza Illiard in Paganini (Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek Museum für Film und Fernsehen) 16. Will Meisel at the lake house (Edition Meisel GmbH) 17. Hanns Hartmann (WDR/Liselotte Strelow) 18. Gatowairfield, with Groß Glienicke Lake visible (top left) (National Archive London) 19. Wolfgang Kühne (Bernd Kühne) 20. Lake house 1960s (Bernd Kühne) 21. Berlin border fence, Groß Glienicke Lake, 1961 (Groß Glienicke Chronik) 22. Berlin Wall layout (Der Bundesbeauftragte für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) 23. View of Berlin Wall from Groß Glienicke Lake (Der Bundesbeauftragte für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) 24. Thälmann Pioneers meet soldiers, Groß Glienicke (Groß Glienicke Chronik) 25. Berlin Wall with view of Groß Glienicke Lake and islands (AKG) 26. Intershop, East Berlin, 1979 (AKG) Delft tiles in lake house living room (Thomas Harding) 27. Scene of Ulrich Steinhauer murder with Steinhauer''s body visible, far left (Der Bundesbeauftragte für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) 28. Border crossing opens at Groß Glienicke, 1989 (Andreas Kalesse) 29. Bernd Kühne''s child on border path, 1989 (Bernd Kühne) 30. View of the house from the lake shore, 1990s (Alexander Family Archive) 31. Inge Kühne, Elsie Harding and Wolfgang Kühne (left to right) at the lake house, 1993 (Alexander Family Archive) 32. Lake house, 1990s (Alexander Family Archive) 33. Marcel, Matthias and Roland (left to right) (Marcel Adam) 34. Boys'' room (Thomas Harding) 35. Tree growing through brick terrace (Thomas Harding) 36. Clean-up Day, April 2014 (Sam Cackler Harding) 37. Denkmal ceremony, August 2014 (Sam Cackler Harding) 38. Groß Glienicke Lake (Thomas Harding)
Synopsis
A Finalist for the Costa Biography Award Longlisted for the Orwell Prize Named a Best Book of the Year by The Times (London) - New Statesman (London) - Daily Express (London) - Commonweal magazine In the summer of 1993, Thomas Harding traveled to Germany with his grandmother to visit a small house by a lake on the outskirts of Berlin. It had been her "soul place," she said--a holiday home for her and her family, but also a refuge--until the 1930s, when the Nazis' rise to power forced them to leave. The trip was his grandmother's chance to remember her childhood sanctuary as it was. But the house had changed, and when Harding returned once again nearly twenty years later, it was about to be demolished. It now belonged to the government, and as Harding began to inquire about whether the house could be saved, he unearthed secrets that had lain hidden for decades. Slowly he began to piece together the lives of the five families who had lived there: a wealthy landowner, a prosperous Jewish family, a renowned composer, a widow and her children, a Stasi informant. All had made the house their home, and all but one had been forced out. The house had weathered storms, fires and abandonment, witnessed violence, betrayals and murders, and had withstood the trauma of a world war and the dividing of a nation. Breathtaking in scope and intimate in its detail, The House by the Lake is a groundbreaking and revelatory new history of Germany, told over a tumultuous century through the story of a small wooden house., A Finalist for the Costa Biography Award Longlisted for the Orwell Prize Named a Best Book of the Year by The Times (London) * New Statesman (London) * Daily Express (London) * Commonweal magazine In the summer of 1993, Thomas Harding traveled to Germany with his grandmother to visit a small house by a lake on the outskirts of Berlin. It had been her "soul place," she said--a holiday home for her and her family, but also a refuge--until the 1930s, when the Nazis' rise to power forced them to leave. The trip was his grandmother's chance to remember her childhood sanctuary as it was. But the house had changed, and when Harding returned once again nearly twenty years later, it was about to be demolished. It now belonged to the government, and as Harding began to inquire about whether the house could be saved, he unearthed secrets that had lain hidden for decades. Slowly he began to piece together the lives of the five families who had lived there: a wealthy landowner, a prosperous Jewish family, a renowned composer, a widow and her children, a Stasi informant. All had made the house their home, and all but one had been forced out. The house had weathered storms, fires and abandonment, witnessed violence, betrayals and murders, and had withstood the trauma of a world war and the dividing of a nation. Breathtaking in scope and intimate in its detail, The House by the Lake is a groundbreaking and revelatory new history of Germany, told over a tumultuous century through the story of a small wooden house.
LC Classification Number
DD901.P8H37 2016

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