Bronka Schneider and her husband, Joseph, were two of the thirty thousand Austrian Jews admitted as refugees to Great Britain between March 1938 and 2 September 1939. It was not until 1960, however, that Schneider wrote her memoir about the year she spent as a housekeeper, with Joseph as a butler, in a Scottish castle. Schneider tells of daily encounters--with her employers, the English lady and her husband, a retired British civil servant who had spent many years in India; the village locals; other refugees; and a family ...
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Bronka Schneider and her husband, Joseph, were two of the thirty thousand Austrian Jews admitted as refugees to Great Britain between March 1938 and 2 September 1939. It was not until 1960, however, that Schneider wrote her memoir about the year she spent as a housekeeper, with Joseph as a butler, in a Scottish castle. Schneider tells of daily encounters--with her employers, the English lady and her husband, a retired British civil servant who had spent many years in India; the village locals; other refugees; and a family of evacuees from the slums of Glasgow. The editors have divided this memoir into chapters, adding headlines from the London Times as epigraphs. These headlines, reporting the escalating events of World War II, are in stark contrast to daily activities of the residents of this isolated region of Scotland. A commentary by Erika Bourguignon provides historical, political, and cultural background of this period.
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Very good. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
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1st edition, 1st printing. 132 pp. Fine book (no markings) / Fine dust jacket. A clean, fresh copy. Inscribed on the half-title page by editor Erika Bourguigon.
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Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. 0814208088 A FINE HARDCOVER, LIKE NEW IN FINE DUST JACKET. 132 pages, several photo illustrations within. EXILE: A MEMOIR OF 1939, by Bronka Schneider, edited, with introductions by Erika Bourguignon and Barbara Hill Rigney. The story of 2 Austrian Jews who were refugees to Great Britain during World War II.
