Why I Would Rather Not Be a Jew—and If I Must, Then Rather Not in Germany

Henryk M. Broder

1979

When it came time for me to start school, my mother went to the director of the Wilhelm Pieck School in Katowice, Poland, where we were living then, to register me. My sister, nine years my senior, attended the same school. I still remember well how my mother returned home completely distraught, explaining that the director had said there were…

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Henryk M. Broder

b. 1946

A controversial German journalist and essayist, Henryk M. Broder was born in Katowice, Poland, and moved to Germany in 1958. Broder studied sociology and years later began his journalism career. He lives in Berlin, is co-editor of Der jüdische Kalender, and writes for Der Spiegel and other newspapers. He has received the Schubart-Literaturpreis and the Ludwig Börne Prize.

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