Result for "Vienna" in Biographies & Memoirs

In autumn 1942, Anna Goldenberg's great-grandparents and one of their sons are deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Hans, their elder son, survives by hiding in an apartment in the middle of Nazi-controlled Vienna. But this is no Anne Frank-like existence; teenage Hans passes time in the municipal library and buys standing-room tickets to the Vienna State Opera. Hans never sees his family again. Goldenberg reconstructs this unique story in magnificent reportage.

Like Sarah Bakewell's How to Live and Andrea Wulf's Magnificent Rebels, Mortal Secrets is a lively and accessible portrait of a major figure - Sigmund Freud - and the unprecedented era of creativity that shaped his ideas Some cities are like stars. When the conditions are right, they ignite, and...

A church organist who sold his neighbors as cured pork. Four nurses who drowned their patients for sport. A man who kept his victims' organs in the refrigerator. All of it real. All of it documented. All of it hidden in plain sight for years. In the first volume of the True Crime Extreme series, Alexander Dragone opens thirteen case files most American audiences have never seen—cases that shook parts of Europe, alongside two that unfolded in California and Louisiana.

In diesem True Crime-Podcast präsentieren Rita, Claudia und Bernhard spannende Kriminalfälle und anderen "Weird Shit" aus Österreich. Feedback und Diskussion: www.instagram.com/podcastpossevienna www.facebook.com/ThePodcastPosse www.twitter.com/ThePodcastPosse www.podcastposse.at/kontakt Intro-Musik von Sky Burrow Tales: https://skyburrowtales.bandcamp.com True Crime-Playlist (Spotify): http://tinyurl.com/wb-songs Habt's euch lieb und habt's uns gern!

"Captain Charles Kennedy" parachuted into a moonlit Austrian forest and searched frantically for his lost radio set. His real name was Leo Hillman, and he was a Jewish refugee from Vienna. He was going home.

'One Day in Vienna' is an emotional expedition through expat life in Vienna. The podcast invites you on a rollercoaster journey through the hilarious, beautiful, awkward, and intriguing first experiences in Vienna. Join us as people from all over the world share their tales of navigating the city's unique charm, from unexpected encounters with the legendary Viennese moodiness to discovering the hidden gems. Immerse yourself in a kaleidoscope of stories, moments, and adventures that make this city unforgettable. Ready for a laughter-filled ride? Tune in weekly and let 'One Day in Vienna' be ...

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In the heart of darkening Europe, amidst the looming war, "Vienna on Fire" by Don Gabor tells the riveting story of Greta Kolbe, an eighteen-year-old Jewish woman whose life was upended when German troops annexed Austria in 1938. Her peaceful existence is replaced by a nightmare of terror as she, along with Vienna's Jewish community, faces an ordeal of intimidation. Greta's journey of resilience begins as she flees Nazi Vienna to escape arrest for her resistance activities, embarking on a dangerous trek to Holland, with a spiteful ex-suitor and the Gestapo closely trailing her.

A dramatic true story about Sigmund Freud’s last-minute escape to London following the German annexation of Austria and the group of friends who made it possible. In March 1938, German soldiers crossed the border into Austria and Hitler absorbed the country into the Third Reich. Anticipating...

'Memoirs of such richness are rare . . . a joy' JAMES NAUGHTIE 'A remarkable personal journey, by one of the great political correspondents of our world - eloquent, enlightening, exhilarating' PHILIPPE SANDS A trailblazer for women in journalism, Hella Pick arrived in Britain in 1939 as a child...

Pichler (1924-2011) war Philantrop. Holzgestaltung war seine handwerkliche Profession. Anekdoten aus seinem bewegten Leben hat er...