DW book expert  David Levitz on ′Memoirs of an Anti-Semite′ by Gregor von Rezzori | 100 German Must-Reads - a unique list of 100 works of German literature published in English | DW | 05.10.2018

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DW book expert  David Levitz on 'Memoirs of an Anti-Semite' by Gregor von Rezzori

"Memoirs of an Anti-Semite" — sound like an unusual title for an autobiographical novel? Gregor von Rezzori was no anti-Semite, but he describes with great precision the widespread anti-Semitism in Europe of the 1920s and 30s.

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