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- A survivor’s flight from Nazi-occupied Vienna through wartime France
- Asylum: A Survivor’s Flight from Nazi-Occupied Vienna Through Wartime France by Moriz Scheyer
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Black and white photos. Add to Wishlist Add to Compare. About the book In , hidden by the Resistance in a French convent, Moriz Scheyer began drafting an account of his wartime experiences: As arts editor of the city's main newspaper, Neues Wiener Tagblatt , from until , he knew such figures as Gustav Mahler and Joseph Roth, and was a personal friend of Stefan Zweig and Bruno Walter.
A survivor’s flight from Nazi-occupied Vienna through wartime France
In his lifetime he published three books inspired by his travels in the Near East and South America, as well as three volumes of literary-historical essays. Scheyer called his memoir of his wartime experiences 'A Survivor', and seems to have sought its publication.
After his death in , however, his stepson destroyed the manuscript. Or thought he did. Recently Scheyer's grandson, P.
Asylum: A Survivor’s Flight from Nazi-Occupied Vienna Through Wartime France by Moriz Scheyer
Singer , discovered a carbon copy in his father's attic. Asylum is Singer's translation of the manuscript, to which he has added an epilogue on the people, events and context. Learn more about Singer's family and the manuscript at www. Reviews An extraordinary rediscovered manuscript, written in hiding by a friend of Stefan Zweig, which evokes the realities of the Holocaust and the French Occupation more vividly than almost anything I've read.
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Since this is a manuscript written by a man fleeing from persecution, there are some details and facts that may not be historically accurate, but this is easily understood and not important in the larger picture. Do you like Portland Book Review? Follow us on Twitter at pdxbookreview and like us on Facebook!
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