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Mendelssohn is on the Roof

hardcoverApril 12, 1991
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ISBN-13: 9780374208103 ISBN-10: 0374208107
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Binding
hardcover
Published
April 12, 1991
Weight
1.1 lbs
Dimensions
23.10×2.50×15.00 cm

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Mendelssohn is on the Roof by Weil, Jiri. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780374208103.

On the roof of Pragues concert hall, Julius Schlesinger, aspiring SS officer, is charged with the removal of the statue of the Jew Mendelssohn--but which one is he? Remembering his course on "racial science," Schlesinger instructs his men to pull down the statue with the biggest nose. Only as the statue topples does he recognize the face of Richard Wagner. This is just the beginning in Weils novel, which traces the transformation of ordinary liveds in Nazi-occupied Prague.