From its themes to its people, and the great debate it has spawned.
When Hitler began his 'final solution' to the 'Jewish problem', Oppenheimer saw his fellows, his kinsfolk, being rounded up and murdered, and their fate moved him personally.
His long-time friend and colleague Isidor Rabi meets him on a train in Germany, and easily uses Yiddish, a language Oppenheimer doesn't understand despite also being a New York Jew .Between these two men is a tension of what it means to be Jewish, how one actively participates in that community, and how one internalises what that means.
Oppenheimer addresses 'Mr Strauss', pronouncing it how one assumes it would be, only for Strauss to correct him. It's pronounced 'Straws' in the Southern fashion. The reply? "-penheimer. No matter how you say it they know I'm Jewish," and the table turns.
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