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1. A bookshop in Berlin: the rediscovered memoir of one woman's harrowing escape from the Nazis

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Author:
Frenkel, Françoise, 1889-1975
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
Formats:
Book, Large Print
Description:
In 1921, Françoise Frenkel--a Jewish woman from Poland--fulfills a dream. She opens La Maison du Livre, Berlin's first French bookshop, attracting artists and diplomats, celebrities and poets. The shop becomes a haven for intellectual exchange as Nazi ideology begins to poison the culturally rich city. In 1935, the scene continues to darken. First come the new bureaucratic hurdles, followed by frequent police visits and book confiscations. Françoise's...