Stella
By: Peter Wyden.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
Subjects: Goldschlag, Stella; Wyden, Peter -- Childhood and youth; Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- Biography; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Germany -- Berlin; World War, 1939-1945 -- Collaborationists -- Germany -- Berlin -- Biography; Berlin (Germany) -- Biography
Description: This volume is a biography of Stella Goldschlag (1922-1994), a Jewish woman born in Germany who collaborated with the Gestapo during World War II, exposing and denouncing Berlin's underground Jews. The author chronicles Stella's agonizing choice, her three murder trials, her reclusive existence, and the trauma inherited by her illegitimate daughter in Israel. She suffered from severe depression due to her loneliness and guilt because of her activities during the war, committing suicide in 1994.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-364) and index.