Screen LibraryUnderground in Berlin : a young woman's extraordinary tale of survival in the heart of Nazi Germany /
Follows the true story of a young Jewish woman who vanished into the city and lived under an assumed identity, relying on safe houses, foreign workers, and communists in order to survive in World War II Berlin.
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| Group Author: | ; |
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Back Bay Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English German |
| Edition: | First Back Bay paperback edition. |
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| Summary: |
Follows the true story of a young Jewish woman who vanished into the city and lived under an assumed identity, relying on safe houses, foreign workers, and communists in order to survive in World War II Berlin. |
| Item Description: |
Published in the U.S. in hardcover: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015. Includes index. Includes "Questions and topics for discussion." Originally published in Germany as 'Untergetaucht: eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin, 1940-1945,' by S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, 2014. "Shortly before her death in 1998, her son, Hermann Simon, director of the New Synagogue Berlin, Centrum Judaicum Foundation, recorded Marie [Jalowicz Simon] telling her story. Underground in Berlin was put together by the author Irene Stratenwerth and Hermann Simon from those tapes"--Back cover. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 368 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780316382106 (paperback) : 0316382108 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | DS134 |
| CLC: | K835.168.7 |
| Call Number: | K835.168.7/S595 |