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Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: She Writes Press, 2021
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- Titel
- Irma's Passport: One Woman, Two World Wars, and a Legacy of Courage
- Autor
- Ehrlich, Catherine
- Verlag
- She Writes Press
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2021
- Zustand
- Good
- Einband
- Softcover
- Sprache
- Englisch
- ISBN-10
- 1647423058
- ISBN-13
- 9781647423056
Golden-haired Irma grew up in Imperial Austria believing that wars and prejudice were fading―only to have her life upended and her identity challenged to the core by two world wars.
History confronts Irma time and again. Arch-Nazi Adolf Eichmann plays a twisted role in the fate of her prominent Jewish politician husband, Jakob Ehrlich, and her own escape from Vienna. After arriving with her son first in London and then in New York, Irma encounters a dazzling world of power elites, including Chaim Weizmann (the first president of Israel), British parliamentarians, and other renowned figures, and ultimately gets a chance to bring relief to refugees―an effort to which she devotes herself wholeheartedly.
Narrated alternately by Irma's granddaughter, Catherine, and Irma herself, this account of Irma's journey from Czech country girl to grande dame in New York is a riveting, intimate tale of aspiration, activism, and world-changing national movements. Part personal memoir, part historical drama, Irma's Passport is ultimately a tribute to human dignity, a story in which one woman can restore the lives of many and courage is a victory in itself.
History confronts Irma time and again. Arch-Nazi Adolf Eichmann plays a twisted role in the fate of her prominent Jewish politician husband, Jakob Ehrlich, and her own escape from Vienna. After arriving with her son first in London and then in New York, Irma encounters a dazzling world of power elites, including Chaim Weizmann (the first president of Israel), British parliamentarians, and other renowned figures, and ultimately gets a chance to bring relief to refugees―an effort to which she devotes herself wholeheartedly.
Narrated alternately by Irma's granddaughter, Catherine, and Irma herself, this account of Irma's journey from Czech country girl to grande dame in New York is a riveting, intimate tale of aspiration, activism, and world-changing national movements. Part personal memoir, part historical drama, Irma's Passport is ultimately a tribute to human dignity, a story in which one woman can restore the lives of many and courage is a victory in itself.
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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor
Catherine Ehrlich is a nonfiction writer. Trained as an Asian linguist (University of Michigan) and diplomat (Johns Hopkins SAIS), she has been a trade representative, interpreter, public relations executive, and marketing consultant in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan as well as New York, Washington DC, and Seattle. She served as a fundraiser for the Audubon Society of Portland and is a director of the Arts Mandalay Foundation. She and her husband, John, take inspiration from nature out of home bases in Oregon and California. Irma’s Passport is the culmination of six years of research and writing focused on the true story behind her grandmother’s testimonial memoirs. She splits her time between Portland, OR and Mill Valley, CA.
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