LEADER 03481cam a2200577Ii 4500001 267697 005 20240621232551.0 008 160614s2014 nyu b 000 0aeng d 020 9781941046043 020 1941046045 035 (OCoLC)ocn951750729 035 267697 043 e-fr---e-gx--- 049 LHMA 041 1 eng |hfre 040 LFM |beng |erda |cLFM |dOCLCO |dLFM |dOCLCO |dOCLCQ |dOCLCF |dLHM 050 4 DS135.F9 |bS69613 2014 050 4 DS135.F9 |bS65 T27 2014 100 1 Spier-Donati, Marianne. 240 10 Retour a Erfurt, 1935-1945. |lEnglish 245 10 Return to Erfurt : |bstory of a shattered childhood, 1935-1945 / |cOlga Tarcali ; translated from the French by Allison M. Charette. 264 1 New York : |bCPL Editions, |c2014. 264 4 |c©2001 300 168 pages ; |c21 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 500 Autobiography of Marianne Spier-Donati as told by Olga Tarcali. 500 Translation of: Retour à Erfurt, 1935-1945 : récit d'une jeunesse éclatée. 500 The narrative follows the family's flight from Germany to Brussels, through the grim French camps in Gurs and Saint-Cyprien, to the Cote D'Azur. After the capture of their parents, Marianne and her brother were taken under the protection of the Italian Jewish banker and philanthropist Angelo Donati. The Spier children lived in Nice with Donati--a key figure in the underground Jewish rescue efforts in Southern France--until September 1943, when he brought them into hiding in Italy. The Spier parents perished in the deportation--and after the war Angelo Donati adopted the children and gave them his name. The point of departure for the book is the crucial moment in 1999 when Marianne Spier-Donati, who had been living in Paris, is contemplating a return to Erfurt, at the invitation of the city's mayor. The book is a tour de force, written in the first person by Tarcali, who brilliantly relates the story from the point of view of Marianne Spier-Donati, who was 5 years old when the story begins. The conflicting emotions and clash between the ambiguities of the adult survivor and the unhealed pain of the child who has lost her beloved parents, are given a clear voice in this searing book--Publisher's website. 504 Includes bibliographical references pages 164-165. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 600 10 Spier-Donati, Marianne. 611 07 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00958866 650 0 Jewish children in the Holocaust. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |zFrance. 650 0 Jewish women |zGermany |zErfurt |vBiography. 650 0 Jews |xPersecutions |zFrance |xHistory |y20th century. 650 7 Jewish women. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00983062 650 7 Jewish women in the Holocaust. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00983091 650 7 Jews |xPersecutions. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00983322 651 7 France. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204289 651 7 Germany. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01210272 651 7 Germany |zErfurt. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01227313 648 7 1900-1999 |2fast 655 7 Biography. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 Autobiographies. |2lcgft 700 1 Tarcali, Olga. 700 1 Charette, Allison M., |etranslator. 852 0 |bstacks |hDS135.F9 |iS69613 2014