A review by what_katie_read_in_ca
A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman's Harrowing Escape from the Nazis by Françoise Frenkel

5.0

I'm so thankful I was able to read an e-galley of this amazing memoir written between 1943-44. Francoise Frenkel's story is fascinating and I think everyone interested in what it was like to be Jewish and living in Europe during the war should read this. What is utterly astounding is that this was written so soon after the events it describes so there is an authenticity here that can be rare to find in other books about the period. As the publication date nears, I will share a lengthier and more detailed review but I am very lucky to have encountered this memoir and will be thinking about it for a long time, will re-read it, and will also recommend it to the educators I teach in my Holocaust Literature course!