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Paris is the city of love and lights and on the fateful day of July 16, 1942, it became a city of unspeakable horrors. On July 16th, 1942, Jewish families were forcibly removed from their home by the French police. The police came for Sarah's family in the middle of the night and Sarah made a decision that would affect generations. She locked her little brother in a cupboard in their bedroom and promised to release him when she got home. The Jewish families were brought to the Velerdrome d'Hiver
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Book shifts from one time frame to another. What connects the various stories is an apartment in Paris where a Jewish family lived until July 1942 when they were separated and sent to prison camps. Who lived in the apartment after that time and what eventually happened to the Jewish family form the framwork of the tale.
A historical novel about the French police's roundup of all Jewish citizens in Paris on July 16, 1942.
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Riveting, a compelling read. And very informative, never realized the full extent of the French complicity with the Nazis....
de Rosnay sheds needed light on an under-examined event in France's WWII history in this five-hankie affair and addresses the harm that can emerge from collective amnesia about unpalatable choices. That said, I'm not entirely convinced by the medical angle here; the therapeutics described seem odd to me, even allowing for differences between the French and American systems.
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