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Ten Green Bottles : The True Story of One Family's Journey from War-torn Austria to the Ghettos of Shanghai
Ten Green Bottles The True Story of One Family's Journey from War-torn Austria to the Ghettos of Shanghai
Author: Vivian Jeanette Kaplan
To Nini Karpel, growing up in Vienna during the 1920s was a romantic confection. Whether schussing down ski slopes or speaking of politics in coffee houses, she cherished the city of her birth. But in the 1930s an undercurrent of conflict and hate began to seize the former imperial capital. This struggle came to a head when Hitler took posses...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312330545
ISBN-10: 0312330545
Publication Date: 11/2/2004
Pages: 304
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3.9 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 5
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mom2nine avatar reviewed Ten Green Bottles : The True Story of One Family's Journey from War-torn Austria to the Ghettos of Shanghai on + 343 more book reviews
In this book, Kaplan tells her mother's story. The first few chapters are a bit stilted, as she sets the stage of her mother's childhood. As her mother gets older, her memories are more vivid, just in time for her family to escape Vienna into Shanghai, to a settlement with which few of us are familiar. Their lives are tension filled and their story is one of survival in the face of repeated destruction.
reviewed Ten Green Bottles : The True Story of One Family's Journey from War-torn Austria to the Ghettos of Shanghai on + 2 more book reviews
Compelling true story of Austrian Jews last ditch efforts to escape Nazi persecution. Remarkable stories of survival and resourcefulness in little known getto established in Shanghai during WWII. Overall inspirational in impact.


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