The Last Veit Simons from Berlin

Through the example of the last bourgeois Veit Simon, his non-Jewish wife, and their six children, the authors show how Nazi mass murder destroyed first the future prospects, then the social environment, the livelihoods, and ultimately their very existence. They range from the Jewish Council in Amsterdam to the drawing workshop in Theresienstadt, from going underground in Berlin to difficult new beginnings after the war. In particular, the story of the surviving daughter Etta, her special ability to adapt and survive in the horror of the ghetto, illustrates women’s options for action in genocide.

A cooperation with Hentrich & Hentrich Publishers