Address Unknown Kressman Taylor Analysis

In Address Unknown, by Kressman Taylor there are more than just physical death there is also mental death, two friends, Max (who is a Jew) and Martin, are sending each other mail. Martin has gone to Germany and is beginning to think that Hitler is doing good for Germany. Martin says “the old despair has been thrown aside like a forgotten coat. A leader is found !” He is talking about Hitler as the new leader. As a result Max writes “I am in distress at the reports that come pouring in from the Fatherland picturing terrible programs, ease my mind, tell me that these things are not true.” The Germans start to close down all outsourcing to other countries. The friends have to start using bank notes instead of regular stationary to correspond, …show more content…
Sadly, after about a week Martin writes back explaining her untimely demise, but excuses himself with his pathetic explanation “I grieve with you but as you see I was helpless to aid her.... A new Germany is being shaped here, we will soon show the world great things under our Glorious Leader.” Max probably after reading martin's letter, Max changes name to Eisenstein and tries to make it seem like he is helping Martin smuggle Jews out of Germany to get revenge for his sister's death, by sending Martin to the concentration camps and killing him. Martin ends up dead. In the WWII there were multiple types of death mental and physical Max kills himself mentally because he does not allow Martin into his life by even after Martin begs for his life for his wife and kids for them not to go fatherless but Max did not care and he sent the last mail that ended up killing Martin, and Martin died mentally and physically because he let himself become corrupted by Hitler's influence and because of that he was killed by one of his closest