Sign-In
Cart
Exiled In Palestine
Paperback
ISBN13: 9780692767986
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Sep 23 2016
Pages: 298
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.67 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
In Peter R. Auer's first book, Flight from Vienna, university student Rudi Auer and secretary Lili Gruen meet in pre-World War II Austria, where they fall in love.
Exiled in Palestine begins where the first book left off. Rudi and Lili are married now and increasingly concerned about the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe, as Lili is Jewish. They immigrate to Palestine, where Rudi and Lili try to embrace and adjust to their new life in the city of Haifa. It's not the same as the cosmopolitan metropolis of Vienna, but they find some like-minded friends and decide to begin a family.
Unfortunately, Palestine seems almost as volatile and dangerous as the country they fled. The Palestinians bristle at British rule. Arabs, Jews, and Germans are fighting among themselves. The couple has traveled thousands of miles but can't escape prejudice and hate. Worse, first Rudi and then Lili are locked up in internment camps for possibly being Nazi sympathizers.
Auer's novel is a fictionalized account of his parents' experiences in the 1930s and '40s and is based on letters that Rudi sent his father. It offers a gripping-if sobering-look at a little-known chapter in World War II history.
Also in
Historical Fiction
James Fenimore Cooper: The Leatherstocking Tales Vol. 1 (Loa #26): The Pioneers / The Last of the Mohicans / The Prairie
Cooper, James Fenimore
Hardcover
Anniversaries, Volume 2: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl, April 1968-August 1968
Johnson, Uwe
Paperback
The Pirate Queen: A Novel from the New York Times Bestselling Author of the Frozen River
Lawhon, Ariel
Hardcover
The Moonlight Runner: A Gripping Historical Novel of Survival, Bravery, and Romance
Robards, Karen
Hardcover
The Amalfi Curse: A Bewitching Tale of Sunken Treasure, Forbidden Love, and Ancient Magic on the Amalfi Coast
Penner, Sarah
Paperback
The Pirate Queen: A Novel from the New York Times Bestselling Author of the Frozen River (Large Print Edition)
Lawhon, Ariel
Paperback
A Pair of Aces: Reese's Book Club (Large Print Edition)
Murray, Victoria Christopher
Benedict, Marie
Paperback
Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
Christie, Agatha
Paperback