Alice's book : how the Nazis stole my grandmother's cookbook
Urbach, Karina2022
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Click and Collect for Alice's book : how the Nazis stole my grandmother's cookbookWhat happened to the books that were too valuable to burn? The story of a Jewish chef whose bestselling cookbook was expropriated under the Nazi regime. Alice Urbach had her own cooking school in Vienna, but in 1938 she was forced to flee to England, like so many others. Her younger son was imprisoned in Dachau, and her older son, having emigrated to the United States, became an intelligence officer in the struggle against the Nazis. Returning to the ruins of Vienna in the late 1940s, she discovers that her bestselling cookbook has been published under someone else's name. Now, eighty years later, the historian Karina Urbach - Alice's granddaughter - sets out to uncover the truth behind the stolen cookbook, and tells the story of a family torn apart by the Nazi regime, of a woman who, with her unwavering passion for cooking, survived the horror and losses of the Holocaust to begin a new life in America. Impeccably researched and incredibly moving, Alice's Book sheds light on an untold chapter in the history of Nazi crimes against Jewish authors.
Main title:
Alice's book : how the Nazis stole my grandmother's cookbook / Karina Urbach ; translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch.
Author:
Urbach, Karina, authorBulloch, Jamie, translator
Imprint:
London : MacLehose Press, 2022.©2022
Collation:
413 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
First published as Das Buch Alice : wie die Nazis das Kochbuch meiner Großmutter raubten by Propylaen/Ullstein Buchverlage, Berlin, in 2020.Includes bibliographical references and index.Translated from the German.
ISBN:
97815294163129781529416312
Dewey class:
940.5318132092940.531
Language:
EnglishGerman
Subject:
Urbach, AliceAverbach familyUrbach, Alice. So kocht man in Wien!Cooking, Austrian -- Viennese style -- HistoryJews -- England -- History -- 20th centuryJews -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryJewish cookingWomen cooks -- Austria -- BiographyJews -- Austria -- Vienna -- BiographyAryanization -- AustriaBiographies
BRN:
512047
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 940.531 URB | Available |
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