Salomea Genin

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Salomea Genin (born 1932 in Berlin ) is a German-Australian publicist.

Live and act

Salomea was born to poor Polish-Jewish parents in the Jewish hospital in Berlin-Wedding . The family escaped anti-Semitic agitation and violence in Nazi Germany in May 1939. Their uncle in Australia signed an affidavit so that they could get the necessary visa, and the Berlin Jewish community paid for the expensive crossing.

In Melbourne , Salomea became a young communist in 1944 and joined the Australian Communist Party in 1949 when it was about to be banned. In 1951 she was a member of the Australian delegation to the 3rd World Festival of Youth and Students in Berlin (GDR) and was enthusiastic about the GDR . In 1954 she returned to Berlin, but the GDR did not allow her to immigrate. She first lived in Berlin (West) and temporarily in England. As a secretary at Aktion Sühnezeichen (West) she was recruited out of conviction by the Ministry for State Security . In 1963 she was finally allowed to move to East Berlin, worked for the GDR's foreign radio and became a member of the SED .

In 1982 she came to the realization that she had "confused" helped create a police state. She became suicidal . In 1985 she found help through psychotherapy and wrote a book about her family. In May 1989 she left the SED and became a member of the New Forum .

Journalistic and artistic activities

Salomea has been giving readings from her two autobiographical books since 1987 and speaks as a contemporary witness in front of various groups, including students.

  • Scheindl and Salomea. The book was published as a Fischer paperback in 1992 and reprinted by Verlag Berlin Brandenburg in 2014.
  • In 2009 her second book I followed the false gods - an Australian Jewish woman in the GDR, was published by the Berlin Brandenburg publishing house.
  • The premiere of the documentary theater play Atlas of Communism took place on October 8, 2016 in the Gorki Theater in Berlin-Mitte . In the play, a man and seven women tell about their lives and their connections to the GDR. Salomea Genin is the main narrator. Directed by Lola Arias and Ruth Reinecke , a longtime actress at Gorki, plays herself.

Fonts

  • Scheindl and Salomea. From Lemberg to Berlin (= Anne Frank Shoah Library ). Afterword by Wolfgang Benz . 1st edition, [new edition]. Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-942476-98-0 .
  • I followed the false gods. An Australian Jew in the GDR. Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg (vbb), Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-942476-35-5 ; 2., revised. Edition. Ibid 2012, same ISBN.
  • Salomea Genin tells from her life: "I came to the GDR as a communist - and found back to my Jewish roots". Interview, sound, arrangement, cover photo by Gabriele Diedrich. Paul Lazarus Foundation, Wiesbaden 2012, ISBN 978-3-942902-04-5 , 2 CDs (138 min.), Booklet.
  • How I returned to the family's lap. Excerpt from manuscript (1989). In: Andreas Lixl-Purcell (Ed.): Memories of German-Jewish Women 1900–1990 (= Reclams Universal Library . Volume 1423). Reclam, Leipzig 1992, ISBN 3-379-01423-0 , pp. 423-448; 2nd Edition. Ibid 1993, same ISBN.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Berlin, Fateful Years of a City: 1963. In: Interview in the RBB . Retrieved February 22, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Salomea Genin: I followed the false gods . 2nd Edition. vbb, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-942476-35-5 , p. 228 .
personal data
SURNAME Genin, Salomea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Australian journalist with Eastern European Jewish roots
DATE OF BIRTH 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin