Jewish History - Europe - General & Miscellaneous, German Literary Biography, European Theater - World War II - Invasion & Occupation, 20th Century French History - World War II & Vichy Government, 1939-1945, Holocaust - General & Miscellaneous, General &
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Overview
In this "autobiographical report" Drach describes his flight from the Gestapo through France and the years of his emigration. After breathtaking confrontations with Nazi murderers and their collaborators he succeeds in hiding out in a mountain village near Nice until Allied troops arrive. Drach's inimitable ironic language transmits the atmosphere of exile: anxiety, escape, persecution, bureaucratic arbitrariness, envy, and denunciation. The personalities of his chance companions are just as unforgettable as those of the famous emigrants that he encounters, among them the writers Lion Feuchtwanger, Franz Weftel, and especially Walter Hasenclever, whose suicide in the camp at Les Milles Drach tried to prevent.Book Details
Published
June 15, 1992
Publisher
Ariadne Pr
Pages
348
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780929497471