Ruth Beckermann's journey through her own family history tells both the story of Central European Jews and the history of a region. The journey takes her from Vienna, where her grandmother survived the war as a submarine by pretending to be mute, and where her mother returned from Israel, to the landscape of Eastern Europe, which bears witness to the persecution and extermination of the Jews.
Ruth Beckermann's journey through her own family history tells both the story of Central European Jews and the history of a region. The journey takes her from Vienna, where her grandmother survived the war as a submarine by pretending to be mute, and where her mother returned from Israel, to the landscape of Eastern Europe, which bears witness to the persecution and extermination of the Jews.