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When Adolf Hitler seized Vienna in the Anschluss of 1938, he called the city a pearl to which he would give a proper setting. But the setting he left behind seven years later was one of ruin and destruction--a physical, spiritual, and intellectual wasteland.Here is a grippingly narrated and heartbreaking account of the debasement of one of Europe's great cities. Thomas Weyr shows how Hitler turned Vienna from a vibrant metropolis that was the cradle of modernism into a drab provincial town. In this riveting narrative, we meet Austrian traitors like Arthur Seyss-Inquart and mass murderers like Odilo Globocnik. Proconsuls like Joseph Buerckel, who hacked Austria into seven pieces, and Baldur von Schirach, who dreamed of making Vienna into a Nazi capital on the Danube--and failed miserably. More painfully, Weyr chronicles the swift destruction of a rich Jewish culture and the removal of the city's 200,000 Jews through murder, exile, and deportation. Vienna never regained the global role the city had once played. Today, Weyr concludes, only the monuments remain--beautiful but lifeless.This is not only the story of Nazi leaders but of how the Viennese themselves lived and died: those who embraced Hitler, those who resisted, and the many who merely, in the local phrase, "ran after the rabbit." The author draws on his own experiences as a child in Vienna under Nazi rule in 1938, and those of his parents and friends, plus extensive documentary research, to craft a vivid historical narrative that chillingly captures how a once-great city lost its soul under Hitler.

CPNB-uitgave in kader van Buch Boeken (VARA)

Bekroond met de AKO Literatuurprijs, de F. Bordewijkprijs en de Opzij Literatuurprijs

Exploring a time of profound change, this book details the intellectual ferment after the fall of the Han dynasty. Questions about “heaven” and the affairs of the world that had seemed resolved by Han Confucianism resurfaced and demanded reconsideration. New currents in philosophy, religion, and intellectual life emerged to leave an indelible mark on the subsequent development of Chinese thought and culture. This period saw the rise of xuanxue (“dark learning” or “learning of the mysterious Dao”), the establishment of religious Daoism, and the rise of Buddhism. In examining the key ideas of xuanxue and focusing on its main proponents, the contributors to this volume call into question the often-presumed monolithic identity of this broad philosophical front. The volume also highlights the richness and complexity of religion in China during this period, examining the relationship between the Way of the Celestial Master and local, popular religious beliefs and practices, and discussing the relationship between religious Daoism and Buddhism.

Verhalen over mensen die in dieren veranderen (en omgekeerd) uit de Chinese, Joodse, Nederlandse, Indiase, Turkse, Surinaamse, Marokkaanse en Indonesische verteltraditie

Van Wildenrode is priester, leraar, dichter. Bij het Davidsfonds verscheen een monografie

Leendert schrijft gedichten over reizen, over kijken, over dromen, over de tijd en hoe die voorbij gaat en telkens weer opnieuw begint, over de seizoenen en over hun invloed op dieren en mensen. 

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Set in the grandeur of Africa a novel of passion and confrontation

Historisch blijft alles op elkaar lijken, maar soms wordt het goede onderdrukt

De auteur onderneemt een pelgrimstocht. 

Bevat een pleidooi na aanklacht wegens toverkunsten, met humor en welsprekendheid. 

1. Teil. Elementar-, Formen- und Wortlehre - ( Nachdruck der 2. Auflage) 2. Teil. Satzlehre (5. Auflage) (Zusammen zwei Bande)

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