It's Up To Us!: Collected Works of Jura Soyfer Selected, Edited and Translated by Horst Jarka

Jura Soyfer (1912-1939), that eloquent spokesman for the aspirations of working-class people, devoted his tragically brief life to a vigorous but ultimately futile fight against the deleterious slackness, apathy, disunion, and fatalistic resignation of his compatriots. Thanks to Horst Jarka's skillful editing and accurate, idiomatic, and frequently ingenious translations an "English Soyfer" of undeniable power and poignance has been produced, a dynamic advocate for a dispossessed generation, whose writings not only illuminate a dark chapter in European history but can also inspire all of us to combat the multifarious repressive and dehumanizing forces of our age. (From the Preface by Harry Zohn)