Resultados para "SALOMON" en Siglo XX

Inspired by the life and work of Charlotte Salomon, this novel shows an artist intent on pursuing her art against all odds. As a young German-Jewish art student at The Berlin Art Academy during Hitler's rise to power in 1938, Charlotte's first place prize is denied because she is a Jew, her enrollment annulled. After Kristallnacht, she is sent from Berlin into exile with her grandparents.

Danielle Steels roman "Signetringen" tager sin begyndelse i 1930’ernes Berlin. Den smukke Kassandra, som er gift og har to børn, Ariana og Gerhard, med den stenrige Walmar von Gotthard, forelsker sig hovedkulds i den jødiske forfatter Dolff Sterne. Sammen oplever de en stormende, men kort lykke, som Gestapo gør en brat ende på. Dolff bliver dræbt, og Kassandra tager sit eget liv. Flere år senere, under krigen, bliver den nu 16-årige Gerhard indkaldt til hæren.

It is November 1918. Germany has just surrendered after four years of the most savage warfare in history. It is teetering on the brink of total social and economic collapse, and the German people now lie at the mercy of new liberal politicians who despise everything Germany once stood for. The Communists are rioting in the streets, threatening to topple the new government in Weimar and bring about their own revolution.