Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival by Daniel Fi

Description: Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad by Daniel Finkelstein THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAREpic, moving and important ROBERT HARRISA modern classic OBSERVERAn unforgettable epic of a bookDAILY MAIL FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARWinner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2023Epic, moving and important ROBERT HARRIS A modern classic OBSERVERAn unforgettable epic of a book DAILY MAILFrom longstanding political columnist and commentator Daniel Finkelstein, a powerful memoir exploring both his mother and his fathers devastating experiences of persecution, resistance and survival during the Second World War.Daniels mother Mirjam Wiener was the youngest of three daughters born in Germany to Alfred and Margarete Wiener. Alfred, a decorated hero from the Great War, is now widely acknowledged to have been the first person to recognise the existential danger Hitler posed to the Jews and began, in 1933, to catalogue in detail Nazi crimes. After moving his family to Amsterdam, he relocated his library to London and was preparing to bring over his wife and children when Germany invaded the Netherlands. Before long, the family was rounded up, robbed and sent to starve in Bergen-Belsen.Daniels father Ludwik was born in Lwów, the only child of a prosperous Jewish family. In 1939, after Hitler and Stalin carved up Poland, Ludwiks father was arrested and sentenced to hard labour in the Gulag. Meanwhile, deported to Siberia and working as a slave labourer on a collective farm, Ludwik survived the freezing winters in a tiny house he built from cow dung.Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad is a deeply moving, personal and at times horrifying memoir about Finkelsteins parents experiences at the hands of the two genocidal dictators of the twentieth century. It is a story of persecution; survival; and the consequences of totalitarianism told with the almost unimaginable bravery of two ordinary families shining through.Danny Finkelstein has written an elegant, moving account of the history of one family, and in doing so shines light on the history of the 20th century. If you want to understand Hitler and Stalin, read this book about people whose lives were upended by both of them ANNE APPLEBAUM, author of Gulag: A History, winner of the Pulitzer Prize Author Biography Daniel Finkelstein is a British journalist and opinion writer who brings to that role long experience in politics. A former executive editor of The Times, he continues to write for the paper. He has been political columnist of the year four times. Before joining The Times in 2001 he was adviser to prime minister John Major and Conservative leader William Hague. He was appointed to the House of Lords in 2013 and is a father of three. Review A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARWinner of the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize 2023Captivating . . . Superb. This is a beautiful book about a horrific time when life was cheap and cruelty abundant. It took possession of me. I read it quickly, but then couldnt stop thinking or talking about the Finkelstein and Wiener families The TimesThis is a masterful tale, haunting, elegiac, at times joyful and humorous. It is a history, a commentary, and a thriller, alternating between the suffering at the hands of the Germans and the SovietsFinancial TimesPowerful and beautifully written. Once the second world war breaks out the book works like a thriller, as both families race against the clock to escape certain death. But there are bigger themes running through Finkelsteins writing, elevating Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad to the status of A modern classic – and just as deserving of acclaim as Philippe Sandss East West Street or Edmund de Waals The Hare With Amber Eyes, both of which used inventive ways to examine the Holocaust afresh ObserverSuperb. Finkelstein is a versatile writer who has delivered an exciting story of courage and persistence, powered by a sense of filial duty and engagingly sustained over its hundreds of pages Daily TelegraphProfoundly moving . . . This is a vital addition to the literature of two catastrophes of the 20th century. With great clarity and wisdom he demonstrates what evil politics can do. There is not a word of padding. The prose, distilled into what is both true and interesting, can sometimes be disarmingly simpleSpectatorA masterpiece. This book will be read for generations as a classicJewish ChronicleBy far the best book published this yearPeter Hitchens Promotional A Sunday Times Bestselling Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival Details ISBN0008483841 Author Daniel Finkelstein Year 2023 ISBN-10 0008483841 ISBN-13 9780008483845 Format Hardcover Imprint William Collins Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2023-06-08 UK Release Date 2023-06-08 Subtitle A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival Pages 496 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Alternative 9780008483869 DEWEY 305.89240420922 Audience General AU Release Date 2023-10-03 NZ Release Date 2023-10-03 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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