the book of last names by kristin harmel

Eva and her mother are forced to flee Paris when her father, a Polish born Jew is arrested. It erased all the other parts of her that mattered. The Book Of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel is a powerful Word War II story that illustrates the history of the many forgers who created false documents and helped thousands of children to escape Nazi occupied France in the 1940s. “Not that it made a difference the only thing anyone would notice was the six-pointed yellow star stitched onto the left side of her cardigan. Eva Traube is a doctoral student in English literature at the Sorbonne. To answer those questions, Harmel takes the reader to Paris in 1942. Set against the backdrop of one of historys most evil periods, The Book of Lost Names questions the morality of people during war, the power of love and. To whom did it belong? What does the code mean? How did the Germans come to possess it during the war?” In The Book of Lost Names we follow Eva, a French-born Jew, as she flees Paris for Aurignon where she becomes a forger of documents for Jewish children fleeing. The book in the photo is rare, but, the German librarian notes, “It is unique because within it, we find an intriguing puzzle: some sort of code. The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel 4.8 (77) Paperback 14.49 16.99 Save 15 Hardcover 28.00 Paperback 14.49 eBook 12.99 Audiobook 0.00 Audio CD 39. Many of them ended up in German libraries, and the article the photo illustrates is about a German librarian who is trying to trace some of the books, many of them rare, back to their rightful owners. The book Eva sees in that newspaper photo is one of the countless volumes the Nazis looted from their owners during the war. Eva is fictional, but her story draws from fact. In The Book of Lost Names, she bases her fiction on extensive historical research, including real-life forgers who had heroic roles during the war. She worked for a number of newspapers and magazines, including more than a decade as a reporter for People.

Petersburg and began working as a journalist in high school, including covering sports for the then- St. Harmel, who lives in Orlando, grew up partly in St.

The book of last names by kristin harmel