From Things Lost
From Things Lost In May 1933, a young man named Rudolf Schwab fled Nazi Germany. Schwab eventually arrived in South Africa, one of the few countries left where Jews could seek refuge, and years…
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From Things Lost
In May 1933, a young man named Rudolf Schwab fled Nazi Germany. Schwab eventually arrived in South Africa, one of the few countries left where Jews could seek refuge, and years later, resumed a relationship in letters with the Nazi who in many ways saved his life. His departure allegedly came at the insistence of a close friend who later joined the Party.
Dispersed across five continents, their lives mirrored those of countless refugees who landed in the most unlikely places. From Things Lost: Forgotten Letters and the Legacy of the Holocaust is a story of displacement, survival, and an unlikely friendship in the wake of the Holocaust via an extraordinary collection of letters discovered in a forgotten trunk.Only a handful of extended Schwab family members were alive in the war's aftermath. Over years in exile, a web of communication became an alternative world for