Coalition READING ROOM, “THE OPPERMANNS” by Lion Feuchtwanger (Live)

THE READING ROOM – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH AT 11:00 AM
 “The Oppermanns” by Lion Feuchtwanger

“Extraordinary . . . No single historical or fictional work has more tellingly or
insightfully depicted. . .the insidious manner in which Nazism began to permeate
the fabric of German society than Lion Feuchtwanger's great
novel. First published in 1934 but fully imagining the future of Germany over the
ensuing years, The Oppermanns tells the compelling story of a remarkable
German Jewish family confronted by Hitler’s rise to power” …
New York Times…

Compared to works by Voltaire and Zola on its original publication, this prescient novel strives to
awaken an often unsuspecting, sometimes politically naive, or else willfully blind world to the
consequences of its stance in the face of national events — in this case, the rising tide of Nazism in
1930s Germany. The past and future meet in the saga of the Oppermanns, for three generations a
family commercially well established in Berlin.  In a Berlin inhabited by troops in brown shirts,
however, the Oppermanns have more to fear than an alien discomfort.

Join us for another stimulating and lively reading room session!