Herman Broder

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Herman Broder is the conflicted Holocaust survivor at the center of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s novel "Enemies, A Love Story," torn between multiple women and identities in postwar New York.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Holocaust survivor
fictional character
literary character
appearsInAdaptationType film adaptation
appearsInMedium novel
appearsInWork Enemies, A Love Story
centralConflict divided affections among several women
reconciling past and present identities
cityOfFictionalResidence New York City
countryOfFictionalResidence United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Isaac Bashevis Singer
fictionalUniverse Enemies, A Love Story universe
hasBackstoryEvent experienced Nazi persecution
survived the Holocaust
hasEthnicity Jewish
hasNotableTrait conflicted
emotional ambivalence
indecisive
secretive
survivor’s guilt
hasRelationshipType husband
lover
widower (presumed)
hasReligion Judaism
hasThemeAssociation identity crisis
love triangle
marital infidelity
moral ambiguity
postwar displacement
survivor’s guilt
languageOfOriginWork Yiddish
literaryGenreOfWork postwar Jewish literature
psychological novel
narrativeRole central character
protagonist
settingEra postwar period
post–World War II
settingLocation New York City
strugglesWith loyalty to multiple women
memory of the Holocaust
personal identity
religious faith
symbolizes fragmented postwar Jewish identity
the moral complexity of Holocaust survivors in exile
workTranslatedInto English

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Enemies, A Love Story mainCharacter Herman Broder
Yadwiga spouseOf Herman Broder