"I am a Jew" by Rainer Engelmann - Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023

Based on a true story, Rainer Engelmann manages to describe the everyday life of Jewish fellow human beings in Germany.

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A socially critical novel that is unfortunately still relevant for many Jews in Germany today.

"I'm a Jew" is a moving coming-of-age novel and at the same time an impressive story of liberation.

Rainer Engelmann "I am a Jew": About the book

Rainer Engelmann manages to describe the life of a young Jew very closely in "I am a Jew".

Suitable for young readers aged 14 and over with simple language and highly topical.

That the life of many Jews looks like this in the year 2023 is frightening and feels threatening.

Simon Weiß lives in Frankfurt, attends high school and is a member of the soccer club.

So far everything is normal - except for the fact that Simon is Jewish.

This is nothing special for him, but he is teased, bullied and bullied at school because of it.

His anxiety is getting bigger and his grades are getting worse.

When Simon finally becomes the target of two classmates and the violence against him escalates, the school is overwhelmed.

Simon has to find a way himself how to deal with the hatred against Jews.

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Rainer Engelmann "I am a Jew": My conclusion

A very moving novel is "I am a Jew" by Rainer Engelmann.

It is frightening that the everyday life of the Jewish population in Germany looks like this decades later.

Perhaps greater clarification and accommodation will help to defuse this situation and deal with anti-Semitism.

Rainer Engelmann "I am a Jew"

2023, cbt, ISBN 13-978-3-570-31535-4

Price: paperback €10, e-book €6.99, number of pages: 256

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Rainer Engelmann

Reiner Engelmann was born in 1952 in Völkenroth.

After studying social pedagogy, he worked in schools, where he was particularly active in the areas of reading promotion, violence prevention and child and human rights education.

Reiner Engelmann regularly organizes study trips to Auschwitz for school classes and adults.

He is the author and editor of numerous anthologies and books on social hotspots.