The book began with a trip to the Buchenwald Memorial near Weimar, Germany. University of Nebraska at Omaha English Professor John Price was inspired by a memorial at a massive oak stump- all that was left of a famous oak tree mentioned in German literature and music. Goethe’s Oak: A Holocaust Memorial imagines the history this famous tree experienced over the centuries of its long life in this interview with author John Price.
The book began with a trip to the Buchenwald Memorial near Weimar, Germany. University of Nebraska at Omaha English Professor John Price was inspired by the memorial at a massive oak stump – all that was left of a famous oak tree mentioned in German literature and music. Goethe’s Oak: A Holocaust Memorial imagines the history this famous tree experienced over the centuries of its long life in this interview with author Price.
