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Staying at the Mountain Shadows Resort in Paradise Valley, AZ and what a wonderful sight to see in our room - books to read! ❤️📚

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It‘s 67 out! Cleaned off porch chairs so I can read, listen to birds,enjoy a cup of coffee. Finished tagged book.Many emotions,beyond words:riveting, heartbreaking. agonizing.One man & his family‘s quest to recover Nazi‘s looting of art/their possession, generational consequences. Nations & art world‘s attitudes towards restitution-infuriating. #itsashame;Goodman never gives up.💔

This is the true story of a man‘s quest to reclaim his family‘s art collection, stolen by the Nazis.

And I blame @Cinfhen for “making” me buy it. 😉

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#GiveawayREALtalk @Liberty the last NF I read was this magnificent family memoir from Simon Goodman. He traces his family's history from the late 1800's Prussia through the Holocaust and continuing until today. It's a true rags to riches story with so many unimaginable horrors along the way. Including the looting and pillorying of his family's incredible art collection and his fight to regain ownership of what was stolen by the Nazis.

I'm forever humbled when I read true life accounts of family history during the years leading up to and through the Holocaust. This book goes one step further as it continues decades later. How countries, individuals and institutions can continue to persecute, manipulate and deny these survivors what is rightfully theirs is deplorable. Beautifully written, the Gutmann's story is poignant and heartbreaking. Highly recommended 🙌🏻

@Jess7 #AwesomeAutumnBooks I LOVE memoirs ~ my favorite genre❤️These are meant to be #marvelousmemoirs 📚a bunch are on my #TBRbingo 😌

"Still, as I got older, I began to understand, or at least was better able to appreciate, the profound effect that this tragic family history had exerted on my father-- and later, through him, on me." #bookmarksfestival : photo of author, Simon Goodman

This made me sad and angry. I can't believe that the Jews of the Holocaust still are having troubles getting their art back and how unhelpful countries, organizations, and individuals are with the return of the property even when a family member has documented proof.