Description:
Presenting the 1937 diaries of John F. Kennedy's tour of Europe alongside the "Scrapbook" of his travel companion, Lem Billings, John F. Kennedy's Hidden Diary, Europe 1937 offers insights into Kennedy's early experiences on a continent under the shadow of Nazism.
Brief description:
Oliver Lubrich is Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of Berne in Switzerland. He has published monographs on Shakespeare and on post-colonial poetics. Most recently he published W. E. B. Du Bois' reports from Germany of 1936 (2022) and an intellectual biography of Alexander von Humboldt (2022).
Review Quotes:
"Professor Lubrich has written a brilliant Introduction that examines both the background to Kennedy's travels in 1937 and provides a preview of his subsequent visits to Germany in 1939, 1945, and 1963." - Philip Cassier, Welt am Sonntag