{"product_id":"johanna-krause-twice-persecuted-9781554580064","title":"Johanna Krause Twice Persecuted","description":"\u003cp\u003ePersecuted as a Jew, both under the Nazis and in post-war East Germany, Johanna Krause (1907–2001) courageously fought her way through life with searing humour and indomitable strength of character. \u003ci\u003eJohanna Krause Twice Persecuted\u003c\/i\u003e is her story. \u003cbr\u003e  Born in Dresden into bitter poverty, Krause received little education and worked mostly in shops and factories. In 1933, when she came to the defence of a Jewish man being beaten by the brownshirts, Krause was jailed for “insulting the Fürer” After a secret wedding in 1935, she was arrested again with her husband, Max Krause, for breaking the law that forbade marriage between a Jew and an “Aryan.” \u003cbr\u003e  In the years following, Johanna endured many atrocities—a forced abortion while eight months pregnant and subsequent sterilization, her incarceration in numerous prisons and concentration camps, including Ravensbrück, the notorious women’s camp near Berlin, and a death march. \u003cbr\u003e  After the war, the Krauses took part enthusiastically in building the new socialist republic of East Germany—until 1958, when Johanna recognized a party official as a man who had tried to rape and kill her during the war. Thinking the communist party would punish the official, Joanna found out whose side the party was on and was subjected to anti-Semitic attacks. Both she and her husband were jailed and their business and belongings confiscated. After her release she lived as a \u003ci\u003epersona non grata\u003c\/i\u003e in East Germany, having been evicted from the communist party. It was only in the 1990s, after the reunification of Germany, that Johanna saw some justice. \u003cbr\u003e  Originally published as \u003ci\u003eZweimal Verfolgt\u003c\/i\u003e, the book is the result of collaboration between Johanna Krause, Carolyn Gammon, and Christiane Hemker. Translated by Carolyn Gammon, \u003ci\u003eJohanna Krause Twice Persecuted\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to scholars of auto\/biography, World War II history, and the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carolyn Gammon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48291920281851,"sku":"9781554580064","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781554580064.jpg?v=1772484770","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/johanna-krause-twice-persecuted-9781554580064","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}