Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot : Marranos and Other Secret Jews: A Woman Discovers Her Hidden Identity
Number of Pages
324 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Holocaust, General, Jewish
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Religion, History
Author
Trudi Alexy
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
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Synopsis
These thrilling and harrowing first-hand stories of fellow-survivors and their Spanish rescuers vividly reveal the unknown history of the Jews who found asylum from Hitler's Final Solution under Franco's Fascist regime. Originally published in hard cover by Simon and Schuster and by Harper/San Francisco in paperback, it was acclaimed as one of The Progressive's "BEST READING OF 1993" and won an award from the Jewish Book Council in the category of Memoir and Biography . It is the first volume of Alexy's HIDDEN IDENTITIES TRILOGY , followed in 2003 by THE MARRANO LEGACY , and in 2005 by IN SEARCH OF FORGIVENESS , recounting her own search for her lost Jewish heritage.
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