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The lost Café Schindler, one family, two wars, and the search for truth, Meriel Schindler

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The lost Café Schindler, one family, two wars, and the search for truth, Meriel Schindler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-407)

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

genealogical tablesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The lost Café Schindler

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1269505941

Responsibility statement

Meriel Schindler

Sub title

one family, two wars, and the search for truth

Summary

"An extraordinary memoir of a Jewish family spanning two world wars and its flight from Nazi-occupied Austria. Meriel Schindler spent her adult life trying to keep her father, Kurt, at bay. But when he died in 2017, he left behind piles of Nazi-era documents related to her family's fate in Innsbruck and a treasure trove of family albums reaching back to before World War I. Meriel was forced to confront not only their fractured relationship, but also the truth behind their family history. The Lost Café Schindler re-creates the journey of an extraordinary family, whose relatives included the Jewish doctor who treated Hitler's mother when she was dying of breast cancer; the Kafka family; and Alma Schindler, the wife of Gustav Mahler. But the narrative centers around the Café Schindler, famous for its pastries, home-distilled liquors, live entertainment, and hospitality-which was expropriated during the Nazi era. This is a story of tragic loss-several relatives disappeared in Terezín and Auschwitz-but ultimately of reclamation and reconciliation"--, Provided by publisher

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