A Suitcase in the Attic, based on family archives and a profound historical investigation by the author Gabriel Groszman, describes the fate of several German families in the context of the history of the German Jews during two centuries. The narrative takes us from the Jewish Enlightenment and Emancipation through the World Wars and their shattering consequences, culminating in the destruction of Jewish life in Germany during the Holocaust. The family histories, narrated through several generations, reflect the shared destiny of German Jewry and their achievements in spite of discrimination followed by open persecution leading to exile, death, or in the case of a small fortunate minority, survival. Their stories come to life through letters discovered in the attic of the author's wife's stepfather after the latter's death, along with archives of descendents of other families whose fates are also chronicled in the book, and through the support of historical institutes in Israel, the...

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