Peter Pfankuch, 18 March 1940; photo: private
Privileged discrimination:
The diaries of Peter Pfankuch
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Peter Pfankuch (1925 – 1977), architect and member of the Akademie, grew up in Berlin during the National Socialist era. The young man’s life was characterised by increasing marginalisation, as he was considered “half-Jewish”. Pfankuch documented his life on a daily basis in diaries and letters from the age of 14.
The editor and Pfankuch’s daughter, Susanne Pfankuch, is in dialogue with historian and Antisemitism researcher Wolfgang Benz.