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EAN : 9782260032441
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 368
Size : 1 x 225 mm
In Search of Marie J.

Release date : 03/10/2019
Michèle Sarde travels all over Europe in search of her grandmother who disappeared at Auschwitz.
In October 1944, Marie and her husband Moïse were deported from Italy and sent to Auschwitz. Seventy years later, Marie-Reine retraces her grandmother’s journey from her birthplace in Romania to Bulgaria, where she was forced to get married against her will, then on to Italy and France, which served as... In October 1944, Marie and her husband Moïse were deported from Italy and sent to Auschwitz. Seventy years later, Marie-Reine retraces her grandmother’s journey from her birthplace in Romania to Bulgaria, where she was forced to get married against her will, then on to Italy and France, which served as illusory refuges. In search of traces and testimonies, the narrator goes to the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem, then across central Europe, reconstructing her paternal family tree and uncovering the torment of her grandmother’s life.

In piecing together the fate of Marie Jerusalmi, Michèle Sarde evokes two wars, the fratricidal struggles that tore apart the Balkans, and the painful diaspora of the twentieth century. She also brings to light the little-known life of the Sephardic Jews in Central Europe, their customs, and their Judeo-Spanish language. At once a family chronicle and a gripping investigation, this moving, literary narrative invokes a whole line of strong women who face up to history.
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EAN : 9782260032441
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 368
Size : 1 x 225 mm
Julliard