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Address Unknown

A rediscovered classic, originally published in 1938 and now an international bestseller.When it first appeared in Storymagazine in 1938, Address Unknownbecame an immediate social phenomenon and literary sensation. Published in book form a year later and banned in Nazi Germany, it garnered high praise in the United States and much of Europe. A series of fictional letters between a Jewish art dealer living in San Francisco and his former business partner, who has returned to Germany, Address Unknownis a haunting tale of enormous and enduring impact.

Genre
historical fictionholocaustworld war IIwar and militaryliterary fiction
Themes
jewishfriendshippoliticswomen
Setting
world war IIholocaust1930s20th centurygermany
Mood
thought provoking
Subject
history
Audience
adult
Length
short · 64 pages
Form
short storiesepistolarynovella

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