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

4.0

In 1921, Françoise Frenkel, a young Polish woman of Jewish descent, partners with her husband to set up her lifelong dream of a French bookshop located in Berlin. Within a few years, her husband must go into hiding, and she soon must follow his lead in order to protect herself from the encroaching Nazi Party. What follows is a leapfrogging tale of close calls and near-misses as she witnesses time and again the duality of power: a trap that ensnares or an olive branch to compassionately extend. A beautiful and uplifting tale from a dark period of history, this memoir is a great choice for fans of history or biographies.