under Adolf Hitler took a different view, and the identification of his family as Jewish placed them at increased risk when Nazi antisemitism became an underpinning of government policy. Blachstein's parents spotted the dangers in good time, and while Peter Blachstein remained in Europe his parents and his two siblings emigrated to the United States. From here they successfully rescued at least some of their assets from Germany, which a couple of years later would have been impossible. In the 1950s Blachstein began making regular visits across the Atlantic to see his family. His sister pursued a successful career as an academic. His brother took over the delicatessen that their parents had started. The brothers were not on particularly good terms: Peter Blachstein nevertheless liked to serve his friends "Blachstein delicacies" from the family shop, which he had brought back from his latest American trip ("Blachstein Gewürze, alle mitgebracht aus Amerika"). Peter Blachstein never married. His fiancée was killed, in barbaric circumstances under the Nazi régime. See also Germany–Yugoslavia relations References 1911 births 1977 deaths Politicians from Dresden Socialist Workers' Party of Germany politicians Spanish people of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Jews in the German resistance Exiles from Nazi Germany German expatriates in Norway Refugees in Norway Refugees in Sweden Hohnstein concentration camp survivors Members of the Bundestag for Hamburg Members of the Bundestag 1965–1969 Members of the Bundestag 1961–1965 Members of the Bundestag 1957–1961 Members of the Bundestag 1953–1957 Members of the Bundestag 1949–1953 Ambassadors of West Germany to Yugoslavia Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany 20th-century German journalists