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The author‘s father kept his life in Czechoslovakia secret from her, identifying himself as Venezuelan. When she learned from a complete stranger in college that her name was Jewish, she was shocked. With very few hints from her father, and a box he left her when he died bearing little information, she went on a search for how he came to be in #Venezuela. This book is about her genealogical search, and her father‘s and his family‘s story during ⬇️

I‘m struggling to keep up with all the family names in the audiobook so I have checked out the ebook from Libby. Now I have a family tree I think I have to start over. In the meantime, a map!

#Venezuela #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

My next audiobook for #Venezuela #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

#FOODANDLIT VENEZUELA 🇻🇪

My library had TWO books. Tagged book is mine from my TBR

The U.S. Department of State strongly recommends U.S. citizens do not travel to Venezuela. If you must travel to Venezuela, we recommend you avoid all land border crossings into Venezuela on the Colombian border. Detentions of U.S. citizens at formal or informal border crossings into Venezuela are common. 😵‍💫😅

We must never forget. Compelling memoir of a woman discovering her fathers history in Natzi occupied Czechoslovakia.

I had dreams of doing important stuff today and then this beauty came in from the library. Amazing how all m y holds that are 2 to 3 weeks out start coming in when I have lmpbc books to read and things to do.....but of course I‘ll read this too:)

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#cozy- finished.fast paced, insiders view of the White House kitchens, political intrigue,mouth watering food descriptions, a little comedy interspersed, romance.Ollie, a White House Chef, is an appealing character.
# audio- might finish this week but listening to holiday music interfering!!
#buddyreads- #sonbuddyread #Pemberlittens: on target
#nonfiction #memoir -just started

A multilayered memoir told through letters, emails, and recollections from those who knew him, it‘s told from the slightly unusual perspective of a daughter who grew up in Caracas (Venezuela). A London based journalist, the author shares as much of her research strategies as she does her father‘s story to reveal the story of fake papers, war stresses, the murderous Nazi regime, and her extended family‘s efforts to save themselves & to persevere

My “think about it” reads for this month. One is an unbelievable true story that shows true courage and truly awful times, and Toni Morrison writing about America, life, globalization, racism and class and sex discrimination is always a treat even in the rare occasion when I disagree with her

Do read this, a superb “detective-like” memoir. Covid-house-bound, I spent almost all day with this, finished without even realizing the day had unwound. Yes, a Holocaust memoir, but much more than that.
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There are no words to properly convey what Ariana Neumann accomplished with this memoir/ investigative journal/ Holocaust study and personal love letter from a bereaved daughter to her beloved father. With eloquent prose, an abundance of research, and a story that seems destined for the big screen, Ariana Neumann retells her father‘s family history before, during and after WWII. It‘s absolutely heartbreaking. Audio narration was very good.

At the midway point 😢the author‘s grandmother along with multiple family members are being deported to Theresienstadt. 1000 people were deported that day, none survived.

I‘m going back in...can‘t seem to get the WWII stories off my mind 😔

Excited to read this!

Ariana Neumann tells the story of her father, who after he died, she found an unbearable hidden secret from his past. Neumann grew up in Caracas, her father owned a factory and was considered one of the most influential men in the region. Her mother, was brilliant in her own right but had a very eccentric personality, which Neumann really does describe well.

http://obsessedbookaholic.com/2020/02/03/when-time-stopped-book-review/

Twenty five of the thirty four members were murdered by the Nazis. One of the survivors was Hans Neumann, who in order to escape the German death net, traveled to Berlin and hid in plain sight right under the eyes of the Gestapo. Hans experienced things so unspeakable that even when he built his industrial empire in Venezuela he was unable to bring himself to talk about what he had witnessed. The only thing his daughter Ariana knew was...