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Dancing with the enemy : my family's holocaust secret / Paul Glaser.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: DS135.N6 G58413 2013

Overview

Summary: "The ... story of the author's aunt--a Jewish dance instructor who was betrayed to the Nazis by the two men she loved, yet managed to survive World War II by teaching dance to the SS at Auschwitz. Her epic life becomes a window into the author's own past and the key to discovering his Jewish roots"--Dust jacket flap.
Uniform Title: Tante Roosje. English
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Glaser, Paul, 1947- author.
Published: NEW YORK : Doubleday, [2013]
Locale: Netherlands
Edition: First American Edition
Contents: Paul: The suitcase
Rosie: Love's broken wings
Rosie: dancing with Leo and Kees
Paul: A hidden sign
Rosie: The new order
Paul: The discovery
Rosie: caught!
Paul: A new cousin
Rosie: Betrayed and beguiled
Rosie: The new camp
Paul: Letters
Rosie: Dancing in Auschwitz
Paul: Getting acquainted
Rosie: The road to liberation
Paul: Family remains
Rosie: Dance of liberation
Paul: Encounter
Rosie: A future with memories
Paul: Roses
After the war
Afterword
Notes: "Originally published in the Netherlands as Tante Roosje by Uitgeverij Verbum, Laren, in 2010 ; translation by Brian Doyle-Du Breuil."

Paul: The suitcase -- Rosie: Love's broken wings -- Rosie: dancing with Leo and Kees -- Paul: A hidden sign -- Rosie: The new order -- Paul: The discovery -- Rosie: caught! -- Paul: A new cousin -- Rosie: Betrayed and beguiled -- Rosie: The new camp -- Paul: Letters -- Rosie: Dancing in Auschwitz -- Paul: Getting acquainted -- Rosie: The road to liberation -- Paul: Family remains -- Rosie: Dance of liberation -- Paul: Encounter -- Rosie: A future with memories -- Paul: Roses -- After the war -- Afterword

Physical Details

Language: English
ISBN: 9780385537704
0385537700 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: 299 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Jewish women--Netherlands--Biography. Jews--Netherlands--Biography. Women dancers--Netherlands--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands--Biography. Netherlands--Biography. Glaser, Rosa Regina,--1915-2000.

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