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Nonfiction Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City Frances Tanzer
Children’s The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A True Story Retold for Young Readers Jeremy Dronfield
Nonfiction The Jewish Eighteenth Century, Volume 2: A European Biography, 1750 – 1800 Shmuel Feiner; Jeffrey M. Green, trans.
From the Journal Not Meant for Children: Felix Salten and the story of Bambi Jack Zipes January 17, 2022
Nonfiction Asylum: A Survivor’s Flight from Nazi-Occupied Vienna Through Wartime France Moriz Scheyer, translated and with an epilogue by P.N. Singer
Interview Interview: Sarah Wildman by Annette GendlerSarah Wildman’s Paper Love: Searching for the Girl My Grandfather Left Behind, her story of looking for the woman her grandfather left behind, is… Annette Gendler January 15, 2015
Essay Research and the Power of Bashert Last week, Steven Pressman wrote about a recent visit to Vienna and bringing an extraordinary act of quiet heroism to light. He is the author of the recently… Steven Pressman May 26, 2014
Essay Vienna: A Stroll Through a Haunted City Earlier this week, Steven Pressman wrote about bringing an extraordinary act of quiet heroism to light. He is the author of the recently published book 50 Children:… Steven Pressman May 21, 2014
Recommended Reading Book Cover of the Week: The Kraus Project Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterIn The Kraus Project: Essays by Karl Kraus, Jonathan Franzen gives new voice to the great nineteenth-century European critic Karl Kraus.… Naomi Firestone-Teeter October 3, 2013
Nonfiction Serenade: A Memoir of Music and Love from Vienna and Prague to Los Angeles, 1927 to World War II to 2012 Carol Jean Delmar
Nonfiction Broken Threads: The Destruction of the Jewish Fashion Industry in Germany and Austria Roberta S. Kremer
