Utopia or Auschwitz: Germany’s 1968 Generation and the Holocaust

Hans Kundnani

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December, 2009
Cloth, 320 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-70137-2
$27.50

"A major new study of the evolution and legacy of the German New Left." — Ben Quinn, Forward

"A fascinating . . . . useful guide in understanding German foreign policies of the last several decades . . . . Highly recommended." — Choice

"[Kundnani] formulates a clear hypothesis and, based on two main currents and its ramifications, traces the 1968 generation’s ambivalent handling of the role of their parents’ generation in Nazi Germany up to the present" — Susanne Bressan, Shofar

"A cool and clear outsider's look at the dreams and trauma of Germany's first postwar generation." — Stefan Aust, author of The Baader-Meinhof Complex

Related Subjects

• European History

About the Author

Hans Kundnani is a journalist based in London. He studied philosophy and German at Oxford University and journalism at Columbia University. He is a former correspondent for the Observer and writes for various newspapers and magazines, including the Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Prospect, and the Times Literary Supplement.

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