Berlin 1927

Intersections with Albert Friedlander

in European Judaism
Author:
Susanne Kord University College London, UK

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Abstract

This article outlines intersections between Albert Friedlander and two other Berliners of the 1920s: the Sass brothers, Berlin's most daring and beloved crooks, and the Jewish crime writer Walter Serner. It attempts to read their stories as ‘prayers’ or ‘poetry’ in Friedlander's sense.

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Susanne Kord is a cultural historian, a professor at UCL and the author of eleven books and many essays on international literature and cinema. She has received six major awards for her writing.

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