A bookshop in Berlin : one woman's flight from the Nazis
Frenkel, Françoise, 1889-19752024
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In 1921, Françoise Frenkel - a Jewish woman from Poland - opens her first bookshop in Berlin. It is a dream come true. The dream lasts nearly two decades. Then suddenly, it ends. It ends with police confiscations and the Night of Broken Glass, as Jewish shops and businesses are smashed to pieces. It ends when no one protests. So Françoise flees to France, just weeks before war breaks out. In Paris, on the wireless and in the newspapers, horror has made itself at home. When the city is bombed, Françoise seeks refuge in Avignon, then Nice, which is awash with refugees and terrible suffering; children are torn from their parents; mothers throw themselves under buses. Horrified by what she sees, Françoise goes into hiding. She survives only because strangers risk their lives to protect her.
Main title:
A bookshop in Berlin : one woman's flight from the Nazis / Françoise Frenkel ; preface by Patrick Modiano ; dossier compiled by Frédéric Maria ; translated from the French by Stephanie Smee.
Imprint:
London : Pushkin Press, 2024.
Collation:
299 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
This translation originally published: as No place to lay one's head. North Sydney: Penguin Random House Australia, 2017.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781805330318 (pbk)
Dewey class:
BB FRE940.5318092
Language:
EnglishFrench
Subject:
Frenkel, Françoise, 1889-1975Jewish women -- Germany -- Berlin -- BiographyJewish women -- France -- BiographyWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, JewishWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, PolishWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- FranceBiographyFranceGermanyBiography & non-fiction proseMemoirsHistory
BRN:
3685253
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