HomeAuthor: NORENA SHOPLAND

Author: NORENA SHOPLAND

NORENA SHOPLAND

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Belated Vindication for John Boswell

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How Hans Scholl Took on the Nazis

Not so well known on this side of the Atlantic are the stories of German soldiers and students who spoke out against Hitler. These were complicated heroes, challenging their country while being forced to serve it in a war they despised. They had to make difficult choices every day, juggling the demands of citizenship with those of living an ethical life. One of the most complex of these heroes was Hans Fritz Scholl.

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Beck’s List

Gad Beck was born as Gerhard Beck in Berlin in 1923. (Gad is a Hebrew name that he chose for himself later on.) This was well before the rise of the Nazis, at a time when Berlin was quite progressive even by today’s standards. There was an atmosphere of religious tolerance such that a “mixed marriage” like that of Beck’s parents was neither uncommon nor frowned upon.

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Pedro Lemebel Outlasted Pinochet

As a writer, Lemebel spoke both to the people, through his crónicas (chronicles) in newspapers and magazines, and to the powerful, delivering biting, subversive critiques of the state. Aside from the chronicles, his output as a writer included poetry, short fiction, and one novel, Tengo miedo torero (My Tender Matador). There are consistent through-lines between the written and performative works—those pitched to the people, those to the powerful, and those to the Spanish-language literati.

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Two Women, a Ford, and a Rolleiflex

Swiss writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach came from a distinguished, wealthy family of Zurich industrialists and army leaders. Her formidable mother Renée was related to the German statesman Otto von Bismarck. Renée’s brother was a chip off the old block, a right-wing militarist who maintained friendly relations with Hitler during the 1920s. How did such a family produce a left-wing rebel angel like Annemarie?
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