Utter Chaos
By Sammy Gronemann and Joachim Schlör
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Published in Germany in 1920, Sammy Gronemann's satirical novel set in 1903 at the time of the Sixth Zionist Congress follows the life of a baptized Jew, Heinz Lehnsen, as he negotiates legal entanglements, German culture, religious differences, and Zionist aspirations. A chance encounter with a long-lost cousin from a shtetl in Russia further complicates the plot and challenges the characters' notions of Jewish identity and their belief in the claims of the Zionist movement. Gronemann's humor and compassion slyly expose the foibles and contradictions of human behavior. With deep insight into German society, German-Jewish culture, and antisemitism, Utter Chaos paints a highly entertaining portrait of German Jews at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Sammy Gronemann
Geboren in der Uckermark, Sohn eines Rabbiners, Kindheit und Jugend in Hannover, kurze Ausbildung im Rabbinerseminar, dann Jurastudium in Berlin mit Abschluss 1898, ab 1900 Staatsanwalt in Hannover, früh mit Tendenzen zum Zionismus, treibt es ihn 1906 wieder als Anwalt nach Berlin: Das ist der heutzutage weitgehend unbekannte Autor Sammy Gronemann (1875-1952). Als Teilnehmer am 1. Weltkrieg wird er schwer verletzt und dann zur wohlbekannten Presseabteilung Ober-Ost versetzt (Bialystok, Kowno, Wilna), wo er Kontakt mit dem Ostjudentum und einigen Gesinnungsgenossen (u.a. Arnold Zweig) aufnimmt. Ab 1915 (bis 1920) entsteht noch an der Ostfront sein in zahlreichen Auflagen erfolgreicher Roman Tohuwabohu (1920). Die Nazis zwingen ihn zur Flucht nach Paris (1933), bis er 1936 schließlich nach Palästina übersiedelt, wo er bis zu seinem Lebensende in Tel Aviv bleibt. Neben seinem schriftstellerischen Werk, das heute leider weitgehend unbekannt ist, hat er sich mit anderen Autoren (Georg Hermann, Martin Beradt) vor allem durch die Gründung des Schutzverbandes Deutscher Schriftsteller (SDS, 1909) hervorgetan. Während des Krieges war er für die rückhaltlose Unterstützung Deutschlands durch die Zionisten, hat dann jedoch eine Wandlung durchgemacht.
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