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Freeman, Hadley.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- France -- Biography.
Jewish refugees -- United States -- Biography.
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Freeman, Hadley.
Glass family.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- France -- Biography.
Jewish refugees -- United States -- Biography.
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House of Glass : the story and secrets of a twentieth-century
Jewish
family / Hadley Freeman.
by
Freeman, Hadley.
Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Call #:
929.2 F855h
Subjects
Glass family.
Freeman, Hadley
--
Travel.
Holocaust
,
Jewish
(
1939-1945
)
--
France
--
Biography
.
Jewish
refugees
--
United States
--
Biography
.
ISBN:
9781501199158 (hc.)
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Description:
xxiv, 323 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-323).
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. Jacques was one of the first to be arrested and sentenced to the concentration camps, where he died. He was on the same train as Irene Nemirovsky, the author of Suite Francaise. Henri hid in his apartment, and survived. He invented a microfilming machine that the resistance used to protect French secrets. Alex, a successful haute couture designer before the war, served in the French Legion. When he was arrested in 1943 and sent to Auschwitz, he pulled up the floorboards of the train, escaped, and was hidden by communists in the French countryside. He went on to become an influential gallerist, and a close friend of Picasso; the boy who began life in a ghetto ended his days living in the most expensive street in Paris. Sarah left for America. Freeman assumed her grandmother must have been thrilled to escape, but the truth was she was miserable
--
she'd been tricked by her brothers into leaving in the first place. This is a thrilling family saga, with extraordinary twists, vivid characters, and famous cameos. It describes the
Jewish
and immigrant experience, discussing issues like assimilation, identity and home - issues still relevant today."--From publisher.
Genre:
Family histories.
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