- Summary
- "Hadley Freeman knew her grandmother Sara had lived in France, just as Hitler started to gain power in Europe, but rarely did anyone in her family talk about it. Until long after her grandmother's death, she found a shoebox tucked in a closet. In it was: a photograph of her grandmother with a mysterious stranger; a cryptic telegram from the Red Cross; and a drawing signed by Picasso. This discovery sent Freeman on a decade-long journey, as she tried to uncover the significance of these keepsakes. Her search took her from the Picasso archives in Paris to a secret room in a farmhouse in the Auvergne, from Long Island to Auschwitz. Here, Freeman pieces together the puzzle of her family's past. Sarah had three brothers: Jacques, Henri, and Alex. Their lives in France during the war--at times typical, at times remarkable--illustrates the broad range of experiences of Eastern European Jews."-- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Freeman, Hadley, author.
- Published
- New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2020
©2020
- Locale
- France
United States
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
- Contents
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Introduction
The Glahs family
The shtetl
The Glass siblings
Immigration
Henri
Assimilation
Jacques
Passivity
Alex
Defiance
Sara
Emigration
Bill
America
Henri and Sonia
Denounced
Jacques
Captured
Alex
Myth-making
The siblings
The ordinary and the extraordinary
Alex
Social mobility
The end of the Glass siblings
The next generation
An epilogue.
- Notes
-
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- The Glahs family -- The shtetl -- The Glass siblings -- Immigration -- Henri -- Assimilation -- Jacques -- Passivity -- Alex -- Defiance -- Sara -- Emigration -- Bill -- America -- Henri and Sonia -- Denounced -- Jacques -- Captured -- Alex -- Myth-making -- The siblings -- The ordinary and the extraordinary -- Alex -- Social mobility -- The end of the Glass siblings -- The next generation -- An epilogue.
