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H. G. Adler

December 15, 2023

Hans Günther Adler (2 July 1910 – 21 August 1988) was a German-language poet and novelist, scholar, and Holocaust survivor.[1]

Life edit

Born in Prague, Bohemia, to Emil and Alice Adler, Hans Günther Adler was a Jew, though not devout.[2] After his graduation in 1935 from Charles University, where he studied music and literature, arts and sciences,[2][3][4] he worked as a secretary and teacher at the Urania, a pedagogical institute. This also involved him in some radio broadcasting.

In 1941 he was sent to a Jewish labour camp where he worked until shortly before his deportation to Theresienstadt with his family on February 8, 1942. Adler was to spend two and a half years in Theresienstadt with his family before being deported to Auschwitz. At Theresienstadt, Adler avoided doing work that might implicate him in the running of the ghetto and did only manual work, such as room duty and building. His wife, who was a medical doctor and chemist, led the medical central bureau. On October 14, 1944, he arrived with his wife and her mother at Auschwitz.[4]

Both women were put in the gas chambers that day. Gertrud could have survived, but refused to leave her mother. Adler was to lose his mother and father and sixteen members of his family to the Holocaust.[4][5]

On October 28, 1944, Adler was deported to Niederoschel, a subdivision of Buchenwald, and in 1945, to Langenstein, another subdivision of Buchenwald. On April 13, 1945, he was free. From July and December of that year he was near Prague, helping Przemysl Pitter to care for children who had survived the war, both Jewish and non-Jewish.[4]

From October 1945 until February 1947, Adler worked in the Jewish Museum in Prague, where he devoted himself chiefly to the building up of the archives about the times of persecution and the Theresienstadt camp. At this time he was also involved in accumulating the documents from the camp, possibly with the intention of bringing them to Palestine. Although some material was brought to Jerusalem, for the most part this project was not completed.[4] He stopped using the name "Hans Günther" because it was the name of a leading official in the Central Office for Jewish Emigration in Prague.[6]

In June 1946 he lost his Сzechoslovakian citizenship because of his German mother tongue. To escape the impending Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia, Adler fled to London in February 1947, where he married a close friend from Prague, the sculptor Bettina Gross, with whom he fathered his only child Jeremy Adler.[2][5]

He then became a freelance writer and scholar and went on to author 26 books on history, sociology and philosophy as well as poetry, and including several autobiographical works, notably nonfiction and fictional works on the Holocaust. Writing in the Financial Times, Simon Schama says that Adler's work deserves a place beside other twentieth century witnesses of the concentration camps such as Primo Levi and Solzhenitsyn.

Adler's first major work was the study of the ghetto Theresienstadt, Theresienstadt 1941-1945. Das Antlitz einer Zwangsgemeinschaft (Theresienstadt 1941-1945. The Face of an Enforced Community), first published in 1955 and in an enlarged edition in 1960. The book was an international success. As the first scholarly monograph devoted to a single camp it became one of the foundational works of Holocaust Studies. It is still the most detailed account of any single concentration camp.[2] Adler's first fiction novel was Panorama (1968). Another novel was The Journey, described as "Holocaust modernism" in a 2009 review in the New York Times.[5][7] Three of Adler's novels, The Journey, Panorama and The Wall, have been translated into English by Peter Filkins. An English translation of his monograph about Theresienstadt was published in 2017.[8]

Prizes edit

He received the Leo Baeck Prize in 1958, the Prix Charles Veillon in 1969 for Panorama; the Buber-Rosenzweig-Medal in 1974 and an honorary Ph.D. from the Pedagogical University of Berlin in 1980. Adler died in London, England in 1988.[2]

Awards edit

Works edit

  • Theresienstadt. 1941–1945. Das Antlitz einer Zwangsgemeinschaft, Geschichte Soziologie Psychologie. Tübingen: Mohr, 1955. (Theresienstadt: Das Antlitz einer Zwangsgemeinschaft. Göttingen, Edition:reprint vom Wallstein Verlag, 926 Seiten. 2005. ISBN 978-3-89244-694-1)
  • Die verheimlichte Wahrheit. Theresienstädter Dokumente, 1958
  • Der Kampf gegen die „Endlösung der Judenfrage“, 1958
  • Die Juden in Deutschland. Von der Aufklärung bis zum Nationalsozialismus, 1960
  • Unser Georg und andere Erzählungen, 1961
  • Eine Reise, Roman, Bibliotheca christiana, Bonn 1962; mit einem Nachwort von Jeremy Adler, Aufbau Taschenbuch Verlag, Berlin, 2002, ISBN 3-7466-1854-1
  • Der Fürst des Segens, 1964
  • Die Erfahrung der Ohnmacht, 1964
  • Sodoms Untergang, Bagatellen, 1965
  • Kontraste und Variationen, Essays, 1969
  • Ereignisse, Kleine Erzählungen und Novellen, 1969
  • Der verwaltete Mensch: Studien zur Deportation der Juden aus Deutschland, Mohr-Verlag, Tübingen, 1974, ISBN 3-16-835132-6
  • Fenster, Gedichte, 1974
  • Viele Jahreszeiten, Gedichte, 1975
  • Die Freiheit des Menschen, Essays, 1976
  • Spuren und Pfeiler, Gedichte, 1978
  • Transsubstantations, Gedichte, 1978
  • Zeiten auf der Spur, Gedichte, 1978
  • Blicke, Gedichte, 1979
  • Stimme und Zuruf, Gedichte, 1980
  • Panorama. Roman in 10 Bildern, Piper-Verlag, 1988, ISBN 3-492-10891-1
  • Der Wahrheit verpflichtet. Interviews, Gedichte, Essays Hrsg. von Jeremy Adler, Bleicher-Verlag, Gerlingen, 1998, ISBN 3-88350-660-5
  • Nach der Befreiung, Ausgewahlte Essays zur Geschichte und Soziologie, Hrsg. von Peter Filkins, Konstanz University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-3-86253-041-0
  • Theresienstadt, 1941-1945 : the face of a coerced community / H.G. Adler ; translated by Belinda Cooper ; general editor, Amy Loewenhaar-Blauweiss ; with an afterword by Jeremy Adler; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2017

References edit

  1. ^ "The Long View", Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker, January 31, 2011, Books, pp 74-78.
  2. ^ a b c d e H. G. Adler at Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002 (subscription required), accessed 12 March 2009
  3. ^ . King's College London. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d e Theresienstadt Index
  5. ^ a b c Book Review: H. G. Adler's Journey Richard Lourie, The New York Times
  6. ^ Berenbaum, Michael (2020). "H.G. Adler: A Life in Many Worlds Peter Filkins". Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 34 (1): 108–111. doi:10.1093/hgs/dcaa021.
  7. ^ "The Journey: A Novel, by H. G. Adler". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Theresienstadt 1941–1945: The Face of a Coerced Community" (catalog record). United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 2019-12-24.

Further reading edit

  • Filkins, Peter (2019). H. G. Adler: A Life in Many Worlds. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-022240-6.

External links edit

  • The Theresienstadt Dictionary

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Hans Gunther Adler 2 July 1910 21 August 1988 was a German language poet and novelist scholar and Holocaust survivor 1 Contents 1 Life 2 Prizes 3 Awards 4 Works 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksLife editBorn in Prague Bohemia to Emil and Alice Adler Hans Gunther Adler was a Jew though not devout 2 After his graduation in 1935 from Charles University where he studied music and literature arts and sciences 2 3 4 he worked as a secretary and teacher at the Urania a pedagogical institute This also involved him in some radio broadcasting In 1941 he was sent to a Jewish labour camp where he worked until shortly before his deportation to Theresienstadt with his family on February 8 1942 Adler was to spend two and a half years in Theresienstadt with his family before being deported to Auschwitz At Theresienstadt Adler avoided doing work that might implicate him in the running of the ghetto and did only manual work such as room duty and building His wife who was a medical doctor and chemist led the medical central bureau On October 14 1944 he arrived with his wife and her mother at Auschwitz 4 Both women were put in the gas chambers that day Gertrud could have survived but refused to leave her mother Adler was to lose his mother and father and sixteen members of his family to the Holocaust 4 5 On October 28 1944 Adler was deported to Niederoschel a subdivision of Buchenwald and in 1945 to Langenstein another subdivision of Buchenwald On April 13 1945 he was free From July and December of that year he was near Prague helping Przemysl Pitter to care for children who had survived the war both Jewish and non Jewish 4 From October 1945 until February 1947 Adler worked in the Jewish Museum in Prague where he devoted himself chiefly to the building up of the archives about the times of persecution and the Theresienstadt camp At this time he was also involved in accumulating the documents from the camp possibly with the intention of bringing them to Palestine Although some material was brought to Jerusalem for the most part this project was not completed 4 He stopped using the name Hans Gunther because it was the name of a leading official in the Central Office for Jewish Emigration in Prague 6 In June 1946 he lost his Szechoslovakian citizenship because of his German mother tongue To escape the impending Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia Adler fled to London in February 1947 where he married a close friend from Prague the sculptor Bettina Gross with whom he fathered his only child Jeremy Adler 2 5 He then became a freelance writer and scholar and went on to author 26 books on history sociology and philosophy as well as poetry and including several autobiographical works notably nonfiction and fictional works on the Holocaust Writing in the Financial Times Simon Schama says that Adler s work deserves a place beside other twentieth century witnesses of the concentration camps such as Primo Levi and Solzhenitsyn Adler s first major work was the study of the ghetto Theresienstadt Theresienstadt 1941 1945 Das Antlitz einer Zwangsgemeinschaft Theresienstadt 1941 1945 The Face of an Enforced Community first published in 1955 and in an enlarged edition in 1960 The book was an international success As the first scholarly monograph devoted to a single camp it became one of the foundational works of Holocaust Studies It is still the most detailed account of any single concentration camp 2 Adler s first fiction novel was Panorama 1968 Another novel was The Journey described as Holocaust modernism in a 2009 review in the New York Times 5 7 Three of Adler s novels The Journey Panorama and The Wall have been translated into English by Peter Filkins An English translation of his monograph about Theresienstadt was published in 2017 8 Prizes editHe received the Leo Baeck Prize in 1958 the Prix Charles Veillon in 1969 for Panorama the Buber Rosenzweig Medal in 1974 and an honorary Ph D from the Pedagogical University of Berlin in 1980 Adler died in London England in 1988 2 Awards editLeo Baeck Prize 1958 Charles Veillon Prize Lausanne 1969 Buber Rosenzweig Medal Berlin 1974 Corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts 1979 Honorary Doctor of the Pedagogical University of Berlin 1980 Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1985 Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art 1985 Works editTheresienstadt 1941 1945 Das Antlitz einer Zwangsgemeinschaft Geschichte Soziologie Psychologie Tubingen Mohr 1955 Theresienstadt Das Antlitz einer Zwangsgemeinschaft Gottingen Edition reprint vom Wallstein Verlag 926 Seiten 2005 ISBN 978 3 89244 694 1 Die verheimlichte Wahrheit Theresienstadter Dokumente 1958 Der Kampf gegen die Endlosung der Judenfrage 1958 Die Juden in Deutschland Von der Aufklarung bis zum Nationalsozialismus 1960 Unser Georg und andere Erzahlungen 1961 Eine Reise Roman Bibliotheca christiana Bonn 1962 mit einem Nachwort von Jeremy Adler Aufbau Taschenbuch Verlag Berlin 2002 ISBN 3 7466 1854 1 Der Furst des Segens 1964 Die Erfahrung der Ohnmacht 1964 Sodoms Untergang Bagatellen 1965 Kontraste und Variationen Essays 1969 Ereignisse Kleine Erzahlungen und Novellen 1969 Der verwaltete Mensch Studien zur Deportation der Juden aus Deutschland Mohr Verlag Tubingen 1974 ISBN 3 16 835132 6 Fenster Gedichte 1974 Viele Jahreszeiten Gedichte 1975 Die Freiheit des Menschen Essays 1976 Spuren und Pfeiler Gedichte 1978 Transsubstantations Gedichte 1978 Zeiten auf der Spur Gedichte 1978 Blicke Gedichte 1979 Stimme und Zuruf Gedichte 1980 Panorama Roman in 10 Bildern Piper Verlag 1988 ISBN 3 492 10891 1 Der Wahrheit verpflichtet Interviews Gedichte Essays Hrsg von Jeremy Adler Bleicher Verlag Gerlingen 1998 ISBN 3 88350 660 5 Nach der Befreiung Ausgewahlte Essays zur Geschichte und Soziologie Hrsg von Peter Filkins Konstanz University Press 2013 ISBN 978 3 86253 041 0 Theresienstadt 1941 1945 the face of a coerced community H G Adler translated by Belinda Cooper general editor Amy Loewenhaar Blauweiss with an afterword by Jeremy Adler New York NY Cambridge University Press 2017References edit The Long View Ruth Franklin The New Yorker January 31 2011 Books pp 74 78 a b c d e H G Adler at Contemporary Authors Online Gale 2002 subscription required accessed 12 March 2009 I will bear witness HG Adler and the Holocaust King s College London Archived from the original on 31 January 2009 Retrieved 22 March 2009 a b c d e Theresienstadt Index a b c Book Review H G Adler s Journey Richard Lourie The New York Times Berenbaum Michael 2020 H G Adler A Life in Many Worlds Peter Filkins Holocaust and Genocide Studies 34 1 108 111 doi 10 1093 hgs dcaa021 The Journey A Novel by H G Adler Penguin Random House Retrieved 24 December 2019 Theresienstadt 1941 1945 The Face of a Coerced Community catalog record United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Retrieved 2019 12 24 Further reading editFilkins Peter 2019 H G Adler A Life in Many Worlds Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 022240 6 External links editThe Theresienstadt Dictionary Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title H G Adler amp oldid 1176531742, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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