A review by millen13
Mendelssohn Is On The Roof by Jiri Well, Jiří Weil

4.0

I never heard of this book or this writer, which is a shame because it is every bit as powerful as an Anne Frank or the like. Set in Prague during the occupation, the story starts off satirical with scenes about silly and stupid people who help the Germans. During the course of the story, the silly business ends and tragedy takes over. The plot follows a cast of people in some way connected to the initial confusion of the Mendelssohn statue problem and leads you through haunting scenes caused by occupier brutality.