The German-Jewish nurse Resi Weglein miraculously survived three years in the Theresienstadt concentration camp from 1942 to 1945. Later, having been allowed to return home, she wrote her memoirs. They were published in German in 1988, accompanied by two local historians' deep analysis of the history of antisemitism in Ulm, where Resi originated from, and in Germany at large. The English translation presents an astounding eyewitness account and an excellent study of why antisemitism emerged in the 19th century and resulted in the Holocaust hundred years later. This translation is a powerful and important dedication to the Weglein family and serves as a milestone in the study of the Holocaust because it is one of the most moving eyewitness accounts, particularly by a nurse who personally observed and experienced all the horror and yet maintained her own humanity.
Albrecht Classen received his PhD from the University of Virginia, USA, in 1986. He has a broad range of research interests covering the history of German and European literature from about 800 to 1600. He has currently published 132 books and well over 810 articles dealing with comparative issues, gender topics, environmental concerns, and cultural historical themes. His most recent publications are Prostitution in Medieval and Early Modern Literature (2021), Charlemagne in Medieval German and Dutch Literature (2021), Tracing the Trails in the Medieval World (2021), Wisdom from the European Middle Ages (2022), The Secret in Medieval Literature (2022), Globalism in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age (ed., 2023), and Der Niederrheinische Orientbericht, c. 1350 (trans., 2024). A new book on court criticism and evil kings in medieval literature appeared in 2024. In 2017, he received the rank of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions.
