The lost Café Schindler : one family, two wars and the search for truth
Schindler, Meriel, 1964-2022
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Kurt Schindler was an impossible man. His daughter Meriel spent her adult life trying to keep him at bay. Kurt had made extravagant claims about their family history. Were they really related to Franz Kafka and Oscar Schindler, of 'Schindler's List' fame? Or Hitler's Jewish doctor - Dr Bloch? What really happened on Kristallnacht, the night that Nazis beat Kurt's father half to death and ransacked the family home? When Kurt died in 2017, Meriel felt compelled to resolve her mixed feelings about him, and to solve the mysteries he had left behind. Starting with photos and papers found in Kurt's isolated cottage, Meriel embarked on a journey of discovery taking her to Austria, Italy, and the USA. She reconnected family members scattered by feuding and war. She pieced together an extraordinary story taking in two centuries, two world wars and a family business: the famous Café Schindler.
Main title:
The lost Café Schindler : one family, two wars and the search for truth / Meriel Schindler.
Author:
Schindler, Meriel, 1964-, author
Imprint:
London : Hodder, 2022.
Collation:
xxii, 408 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2021.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781529332087 (pbk)
Dewey class:
943.6424943.642
LC class:
DS135.A93
Local class:
943.642
Language:
English
Subject:
Schindler, Kurt, 1925-2017Schindler, Kurt, 1925-2017 -- FamilySchindler, Meriel, 1964- -- FamilySchindler familySchindler, Kurt, 1925-2017Schindler, Kurt, 1925-2017 -- FamilyCafé Schindler (Innsbruck, Austria)Jews -- Austria -- History -- 20th centuryJews -- Austria -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryInnsbruck (Austria) -- HistoryHistory
BRN:
3011432
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