Bøger af Ariana Neumann

Om en jødisk-tjekkisk families historie – den historie, forfatterens far aldrig ville fortælle hende: om årene i et krigshærget Berlin, udryddelsen af mange familiemedlemmer under Holocaust, og den komplicerede beslutning om at starte forfra.I 1941 i det tyskbesatte Tjekkoslovakiet arresteres det første medlem af familien Neumann, fordi han svømmer i en flod, der er forbudt for jøder. Han bliver transporteret til Auschwitz. Atten dage senere indskrives hans fangenummer i lighusets logbog.Ud af fireogtredive medlemmer af Neumann-familien bliver de femogtyve myrdet af nazisterne. En af de overlevende er Hans Neumann, forfatterens far, som for at undslippe tyskerne flygter ad en ganske usandsynlig vej, ind i Berlin, hvor han lykkes med at leve og arbejde under falsk identitet, lige for næsen af Gestapo. Oplevelserne i den sønderbombede storby er så horrible, at Hans sidenhen nægter at tale om dem. Ved sin død i Venezuela efterlader han sig en kasse med breve, dagbogsnotater og andre dokumenter. Mange år senere finder hans datter Ariana Neumann endelig modet til at få brevene oversat fra tjekkisk, hvilket bliver begyndelsen på flere års research, rejser verden rundt, samtaler med familiemedlemmer, forskere og fjerne slægtninge.Da tiden gik i stå er en fængslende detektivhistorie og en gribende familiememoir, der krydser oceaner og ni årtier. En beretning om familiebånd, mod og overlevelse, om erindringens og identitetens natur.

Las únicas pistas que tuvo ArianaNeumann de niña sobre la vida de su padre--el empresario Hans Neumann-- antes de llegara la Venezuela que lo adoptó eran una foto vieja de sus abuelos paternos, undocumento de identidad con un nombre falso y la pasión de su papá porcoleccionar y arreglar relojes. Todo cambió cuando Hans murió yle dejó a su hija una caja llena de cartas y documentos que serán el punto departida para que Ariana se convierta la detective que siempre soñó ser. Su misiónserá descubrir qué pasó con esa familia de la que nunca supo mayor cosa y de suvida en Praga durante la primera mitad del siglo XX. Los descubrimientos de la autorason un viaje a la memoria de una familia judía destrozada por la Segunda GuerraMundial, la persecución y el Holocausto. Pero también desentrañan la valentíade un chico que evitó ser transportado a los campos de concentración alesconderse a plena vista con una identidad falsa en Berlín, la capital delReich, de 1943 a 1945: su padre.ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Of thirty-four Neumann family members, twenty-five were murdered by the Nazis. One of the survivors was Hans Neumann, who built an industrial empire in Venezuela. When he died, he lefthis daughter a small box filled with letters, diary entries, and other memorabilia. Ten years later Ariana finally summoned the courage to have the letters translated and start reading them. That was the seed for When Time Stopped, an epic family memoir. Neumann brings each relative to vivid life. In uncovering her father's story after all these years, she discovers nuance and depth to her own history and liberates poignant and thought-provoking truths about the threads of humanity that connect us all.

"In 1941, the first Neumann family member was taken by the Nazis, arrested in German-occupied Czechoslovakia for bathing in a stretch of river forbidden to Jews. He was transported to Auschwitz. Eighteen days later his prisoner number was entered into the morgue book. Of thirty-four Neumann family members, twenty-five were murdered by the Nazis. One of the survivors was Hans Neumann, who, to escape the German death net, traveled to Berlin and hid in plain sight under the Gestapo's eyes. What Hans experienced was so unspeakable that, when he built an industrial empire in Venezuela, he couldn't bring himself to talk about it. All his daughter Ariana knew was that something terrible had happened. When Hans died, he left Ariana a small box filled with letters, diary entries, and other memorabilia. Ten years later, Ariana finally summoned the courage to have the letters translated, and she began reading. What she discovered launched her on a worldwide search that would deliver indelible portraits of a family loving, finding meaning, and trying to survive amid the worst that can be imagined. When Time Stopped is a powerful detective story and an epic family memoir, spanning nearly ninety years and crossing oceans. Neumann brings each relative to vivid life. In uncovering her father's story after all these years, she discovers nuance and depth to her own history and liberates poignant and thought-provoking truths about the threads of humanity that connect us all."--

A brilliantly written memoir by a Venezuelan-born British journalist that skilfully uncovers the secrets of her father's past: the annihilation of his family in the Holocaust, his courageous choice to build his life anew and his extraordinary commitment to hiding the truth from his own family.