My Wounded Heart: The Life of Lilli Jahn 1900-1944 - Hardcover

Doerry, Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1582343705 ISBN 13: 9781582343709

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2004

Synopsis

A poignant collection of more than three hundred recently discovered family letters chronicles the tragic life of a young Jewish woman, born to wealthy Jewish parents, who became a physician, married a Protestant doctor who divorced her in 1942, was arrested by the Gestapo in 1943, and perished in Auschwitz in 1944. 15,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

‘A fascinating record, her correspondence vividly recreates the atmosphere of wartime Germany ... an essential document’ -- Independent

‘As heart-breaking as the diary of Anne Frank’ -- Sunday Telegraph

‘It will be a hard-hearted reader who can finish this book dry-eyed’ -- Sunday Times

About the Author:

Martin Doerry is Lilli Jahn's grandson and the editor in chief of Der Spiegel magazine. He studied German literature and history in Tübingen and Zürich and completed his Ph.D. in modern history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1582343705
• ISBN 13: 9781582343709
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288