TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schindler,Meriel
TI  - The lost Cafe Schindler: one family, two wars and the search for truth 
SN  - 9781529332056 (hbk.) :
AV  - DS135.A93 
U1  - 943.6424 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London
PB  - Hodder & Stoughton
KW  - Schindler, Kurt.
KW  - Schindler, Kurt
KW  - Schindler, Meriel
KW  - Schindler family.
KW  - Cafe Schindler
KW  - Jews
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Austria
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - European history
KW  - thema
KW  - Memoirs
KW  - The Holocaust
KW  - Second World War
KW  - Social & cultural history
KW  - Relating to Jewish people & groups
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Innsbruck (Austria)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - Meriel Schindler tells the story of Cafe Schindler, blending memoir and family history; 'Rigorously researched, The Lost Caf Schindler successfully weaves together a compelling and at times deeply moving memoir and family history that also chronicles the wider story of the Jews of the Austro-Hungarian Empire... It distinguishes itself through its combination of mystery and reconciliation.' -- The Times T2'In tilling the past Meriel has uncovered the most fascinating - and devastating - family history. The Lost Cafe Schindler is not just a genealogical exploration, though; it sets out the wider experiences of the Jewish population of the Austro-Hungarian empire, weaving in the story of how antisemitism took root' -- Sunday Times'An impressively researched account of Jewish life in the Tyrol up to and during the Second World War' -- Evening Standard'An extraordinary story - so cadenced and so moving.' -- Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes'An extraordinary and compelling book of reckonings - a journey across a long, complex and deeply painful arc of history, grippingly told - a wonderful melding of the personal and the political, the family and the historical.' -- Philippe Sands, author of East West Street***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 Caf Schindler. Launched in 1922 as an antidote to the horrors of the First World War, this grand caf became the whirling social centre of Innsbruck. And then the Nazis arrived. Through the story of the Caf Schindler and the threads that spool out from it, this moving book weaves together memoir, family history and an untold story of the Jews of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It explores the restorative power of writing, and offers readers a profound reflection on memory, truth, trauma and the importance of cake
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