The fate of a Jewish family between Berlin and Basel, 1933 to 1945
At the heart of the book are original letters that Anita Frank (1921-1945) wrote to her mother in Basel between 1940 and 1944. Her mother had escaped from Berlin to Switzerland in 1940 through a civil marriage in the vain hope of being able to bring her two children home. Anita regularly reported on current events from her workplace, the Jewish Hospital in Berlin, and gave an impressive account of the increasing repression against the Jewish population.
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In 1943, Anita was deported to Theresienstadt and from there to Auschwitz and on to Bergen-Belsen, where she perished in 1945. Her younger brother Reinhard was able to escape shortly before the end of the war. “Speak to Rolf tomorrow” was the farewell greeting that Anita sent to her mother on the eve of her transport to Auschwitz - the coded announcement of what was presumably her last visit to her lover Rolf, who had already been deported two years earlier.
Christian Brückner (born in 1942) was associated with Reinhard Frank, the only surviving member of the family, as executor of his will. Born in Basel, he worked as a lawyer and notary in his home town and was a lecturer at the university there, becoming an associate professor of private law in 1991. His publications include books and essays on legal and other topics.
Discussion with publisher Christian Brückner and editor Annette Wunschel
- Wednesday, 07.05.2025, 19:30
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Tel. 030-90295 6965 or
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Location: Janusz Korczak Library
Berliner Straße 120-121
13187 Berlin
(Reading in German Language)
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May 2025
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