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Underground in Berlin

A Young Woman's Extraordinary Tale of Survival in the Heart of Nazi Germany

By: Marie Jalowicz Simon

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Underground in Berlin

A Young Woman's Extraordinary Tale of Survival in the Heart of Nazi Germany

By: Marie Jalowicz Simon

A thrilling piece of undiscovered history, this is the true account of a young Jewish woman who survived World War II in Berlin. In 1942, Marie Jalowicz, a twenty-year-old Jewish Berliner, made the extraordinary decision to do everything in her power to avoid the concentration camps. She removed her yellow star, took on an assumed identity, and disappeared into the city. In the years that followed, Marie took shelter wherever it was offered, living with the strangest of bedfellows, from circus performers and committed communists to convinced Nazis. As Marie quickly learned, however, compassion and cruelty are very often two sides of the same coin. Fifty years later, Marie agreed to tell her story for the first time. Told in her own voice with unflinching honesty, Underground in Berlin is a book like no other, of the surreal, sometimes absurd day-to-day life in wartime Berlin. This might be just one woman's story, but it gives an unparalleled glimpse into what it truly means to be human.

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0316382116

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Underground in Berlin

My Story of Hiding from the Nazis in Plain Sight

By: Marie Simon

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My Story of Hiding from the Nazis in Plain Sight

By: Marie Simon

By turns thrilling and terrifying, Underground in Berlin is the autobiographical account of a young Jewish woman who ripped off her yellow star and survived the war by going underground from 1942 to 1945. Berlin, 1941. Marie Jalowicz Simon, a 19-year-old Jewish woman, makes an extraordinary decision. All around her, Jews are being rounded up for deportation, forced labour and extermination. Marie decides to survive. She takes off the yellow star, turns her back on the Jewish community and vanishes into the city. In the years that follow, Marie lives under an assumed identity, moving between almost 20 different safe houses. She is forced to accept shelter wherever she can find it, and many of those she stays with expect services in return. She stays with foreign workers, committed communists and even convinced Nazis. Any false move might lead to arrest. Never certain who can be trusted and how far, it is her quick-witted determination and the most amazing and hair-raising strokes of luck that ensure her survival. Underground in Berlin is Marie's extraordinary story, told in her own voice with unflinching honesty, for the first time after more than 50 years of silence.

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Underground in Berlin

A Young Woman's Extraordinary Tale of Survival in the Heart of Nazi Germany

By: Marie Jalowicz Simon

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A Young Woman's Extraordinary Tale of Survival in the Heart of Nazi Germany

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Clandestine

By: Marie Jalowicz Simon

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Clandestine

By: Marie Jalowicz Simon

« Tu sors sans étoile ? me demanda l’oncle Léo, indigné. — Oui, je suis venue vous dire au revoir. J’irai ensuite voir Recha, répliquai-je. — Tu peux t’en dispenser. Ils l’ont emmenée, dit-il sèchement. Tu nous déranges. Nous n’avons pas le temps. Mes soeurs sont occupées à préparer notre déportation. Elle est imminente. — Excuse-moi. Je ne vais pas vous retenir longtemps. Je voulais seulement vous dire au revoir. — Qu’est-ce que tu t’imagines en ne répondant pas aux convocations ? — Je veux survivre. »

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Flammarion

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