In 1929, Hitler was on the rise, his power growing he took up residence at Prinzregentenplatz 16, in a luxurious nine-room apartment visible from the boy's childhood window. And Feuchtwanger's prominent literary family was Jewish. For Feuchtwanger, that neighbor would eventually be responsible for the systematic genocide of six million Jews. And then he got into the car."Įvery kid grows up with a mean neighbor.
"People in the street shouted immediately, 'Heil Hitler!' But he didn't salute back. "He looked at me quite benevolently, because he had no clue who I was," says Feuchtwanger. Some time later, Feuchtwanger was taking a walk with Rosie in his neighborhood when the same man emerged from a building and entered a vehicle.
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