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I Belong to Vienna: A Jewish Family's Story of Exile and Return
Contributor(s): Goldenberg, Anna (Author), Price, Alta L. (Translator)
ISBN: 1939931843     ISBN-13: 9781939931849
Publisher: New Vessel Press
OUR PRICE:   $15.26  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2020
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Jewish
- History | Holocaust
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.45 lbs) 207 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Jewish
- Topical - Holocaust
- Cultural Region - Central Europe
 
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Publisher Description:

A must-read for a new understanding of the Holocaust in Vienna.
--Esther Safran Foer, author of I Want You to Know We're Still Here

A defiant memoir from contemporary Europe: In autumn 1942, Anna Goldenberg's great-grandparents and one of their sons are deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Hans, their elder son, survives by hiding in an apartment in the middle of Nazi-controlled Vienna. But this is no Anne Frank-like existence; teenage Hans passes time in the municipal library and buys standing room tickets to the Vienna State Opera. He never sees his family again. Goldenberg reconstructs this unique story in magnificent reportage. She also portrays Vienna's undying allure--although they tried living in the United States after World War Two, both grandparents eventually returned to the Austrian capital. The author, too, has returned to her native Vienna after living in New York herself, and her fierce attachment to her birthplace enlivens her engrossing biographical history. A probing tale of heroism, resilience, identity and belonging, marked by a surprising freshness as a new generation comes to terms with history's darkest era.

Contributor Bio(s): Goldenberg, Anna: - Anna Goldenberg, born in 1989 in Vienna, studied psychology at the University of Cambridge and journalism at Columbia University. She worked at the Jewish newspaper The Forward in New York before returning to Vienna where she now writes as a freelance journalist.Price, Alta L.: - Alta L. Price translates from Italian and German, and was awarded the 2013 Gutekunst Prize. Her publications include work by Corrado Augias, Dana Grigorcea, Jürgen Holstein, and Martin Mosebach.