The Passenger - Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz In the “house of gazes

In the “house of gazes

With precise artistry

It was clear that the day always returned to its starting point

Translator: Hillel Halkin

their divided loyalties

The Passenger - Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz In the “house of gazesBerlin, November 1938. With storm troopers battering against his door, Otto Silbermann must flee out the back of his own home. He emerges onto streets thrumming with violence: it is Kristallnacht, and synagogues are being burnt, Jews rounded up and their businesses destroyed. Turned away from establishments he had long patronised, betrayed by friends and colleagues, Otto finds his life as a respected businessman has dissolved overnight. Desperately