I Belong To Vienna
I Belong To Vienna "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 HereA defiant memoir from contemporary Europe: In…
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I Belong To Vienna
"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 HereA 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. 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. Hans, their elder son, survives by hiding in an apartment in the middle of Nazi-controlled Vienna.
Goldenberg reconstructs this unique story in magnificent reportage. He never sees his family again. 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