On March 12, 1938, the German Army marched into Austria, greeted
enthusiastically by much of the population, making the country part
of Nazi Germany. Overnight, 200,000 Austrian Jews were turned from
citizens into hated and hunted outsiders, unprotected by law or
custom.
Jacob Abels is one of them; a young Jewish man in beautiful
Vienna, immersed in the youthful world of friendships and new love.
Suddenly, his familiar and beguiling city is a place of danger and
fear.
"Vienna Farewell" is the story of people-Gentiles and Jews,
Nazis and anti-Nazis, rich and poor, young and old-lives and fates
intertwined, trying in many different ways to make their personal
adjustments to this new historical reality; some by attempting to
escape abroad, others by resigned and hopeless waiting for the
improbable return of better days, and others-Nazis and their
allies-by taking brutal advantage of their newly won powers.
David Jordan, drawing on his personal experiences, describes the
actions and motivations of his contemporaries with the clarity of
the inside observer who "knows his Viennese." Part history, part
novel, "Vienna Farewell" shines a revealing light on a place in a
time of darkness.
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