{"product_id":"9781529416329-alices-book","title":"Alice's Book","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow the Nazis Stole My Grandmother's Cookbook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story of Jewish chef's bestselling cookbook expropriated under the Nazi regime and published for decades under a false name - by her granddaughter, a historian.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A remarkable and important story\" BBC Radio 4 \u003ci\u003eWoman's Hour\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Unputdownable . Urbach has also retold the tragic Holocaust story in quite unforgettable lines\" A.N. Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In a remarkable new book, Alice's granddaughter Karina, a noted historian, has traced what happened to her family but also what happened to the cookbook\" Daniel Finkelstein\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This fascinating book, by Alice's granddaughter Karina Urbach, shines a spotlight on this lesser-known aspect of Nazi looting\" \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A gripping piece of 20th-century family history but also something much more original: a rare insight into the 'Aryanisation' of Jewish-authored books during the Nazi regime\" \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat happened to the books that were too valuable to burn?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlice Urbach had her own cooking school in Vienna, but in 1938 she was forced to flee to England, like so many others. Her younger son was imprisoned in Dachau, and her older son, having emigrated to the United States, became an intelligence officer in the struggle against the Nazis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReturning to the ruins of Vienna in the late 1940s, she discovers that her bestselling cookbook has been published under someone else's name. Now, eighty years later, the historian Karina Urbach - Alice's granddaughter - sets out to uncover the truth behind the stolen cookbook, and tells the story of a family torn apart by the Nazi regime, of a woman who, with her unwavering passion for cooking, survived the horror and losses of the Holocaust to begin a new life in America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eImpeccably researched and incredibly moving, \u003ci\u003eAlice's Book\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on an untold chapter in the history of Nazi crimes against Jewish authors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"As this engaging memoir makes clear, the theft of the cookbook remained for Alice's entire life the symbol of everything that had been taken from her\" \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the German by Jamie Bulloch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40795133837409,"sku":"9781529416329","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29806739.jpg?v=1725782715","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529416329-alices-book","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}