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The German Girl: A Novel (original 2016; edition 2016)

by Armando Lucas Correa (Author)

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Before everything changed, young Hannah Rosenthal lived a charmed life. But now, in 1939, the streets of Berlin are draped with red, white, and black flags; her family's fine possessions are hauled away; and they are no longer welcome in the places that once felt like home. Hannah and her best friend, Leo Martin, make a pact: whatever the future has in store for them, they'll meet it together. Hope appears in the form of the SS St. Louis , a transatlantic liner offering Jews safe passage out of Germany. After a frantic search to obtain visas, the Rosenthals and the Martins depart on the luxurious ship bound for Havana. Life on board the St. Louis is like a surreal holiday for the refugees, with masquerade balls, exquisite meals, and polite, respectful service. But soon ominous rumors from Cuba undermine the passengers' fragile sense of safety. From one day to the next, impossible choices are offered, unthinkable sacrifices are made, and the ship that once was their salvation seems likely to become their doom. Seven decades later in New York City, on her twelfth birthday, Anna Rosen receives a strange package from an unknown relative in Cuba, her great-aunt Hannah. Its contents will inspire Anna and her mother to travel to Havana to learn the truth about their family's mysterious and tragic past, a quest that will help Anna understand her place and her purpose in the world. The German Girl sweeps from Berlin at the brink of the Second World War to Cuba on the cusp of revolution, to New York in the wake of September 11, before reaching its deeply moving conclusion in the tumult of present-day Havana.… (more)
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  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
La niña alemana
Armando Lucas Correa
Publicado: 2016 | 299 páginas
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Inspirada en un hecho poco conocido: la negativa de Cuba y otros países a recibir a los judíos que huían de la Alemania nazi a bordo del transatlántico St. Louis. Finalmente, solo a unos pocos se les permitió desembarcar. Antes de que todo cambiara, la vida de Hannah Rosenthal era de ensueño. Pero ahora, en 1939, las calles de Berlín están embanderadas de estandartes nazis, su familia ha sido desposeída de sus bienes y los judíos ya no son bienvenidos en los lugares que antaño frecuentaban. Hannah y Leo Martin, su mejor amigo, sellan un pacto: pase lo que pase, ambos compartirán un mismo futuro. La próxima partida del transatlántico St. Louis con rumbo a Cuba les proporcionará una chispa de esperanza. Tras una ardua gestión para obtener visados, los Rosenthal y los Martin se embarcan en la lujosa nave con destino a La Habana. La vida a bordo del St. Louis se asemeja a unas vacaciones surrealistas para esos refugiados, pero los rumores inquietantes desde Cuba no tardan en ensombrecer el ambiente festivo, y la nave que prometía ser su salvación parece a punto de convertirse en su sentencia de muerte. Hannah y Leo se ven enfrentados a una decisión desgarradora… Siete décadas después, en la ciudad de Nueva York, el día que cumple doce años, Anna Rosen recibe un paquete de Hannah, una tía abuela a la que nunca conoció pero que crio a su difunto padre. En un intento de reconstruir el misterioso pasado de su padre, Anna y su madre viajan a La Habana para reunirse con la anciana. Hannah les relatará el viaje en el St. Louis, les hablará de sus años en la isla y revelará, por primera vez, el modo en el que ella y Leo cumplieron con el solemne pacto que sellaron.
  libreriarofer | Jul 19, 2023 |
Inspirada en la negativa de Cuba y otros países a recibir a los judíos que huían de la Alemania nazi a bordo del transatlántico St. Louis. Finalmente, solo a unos pocos se les permitió desembarcar. Finalmente, solo a unos pocos se les permitió desembarcar. Antes de que todo cambiara, la vida de Hannah Rosenthal era de ensueño. Pero ahora, en 1939, las calles de Berlín están embanderadas de estandartes nazis, su familia ha sido desposeída de sus bienes y los judíos ya no son bienvenidos en los lugares que antaño frecuentaban. Hannah y Leo Martin, su mejor amigo, sellan un pacto: pase lo que pase, ambos compartirán un mismo futuro. La próxima partida del transatlántico St. Louis con rumbo a Cuba les proporcionará una chispa de esperanza. Tras una ardua gestión para obtener visados, los Rosenthal y los Martin se embarcan en la lujosa nave con destino a La Habana. La vida a bordo del St. Louis se asemeja a unas vacaciones surrealistas para esos refugiados, pero los rumores inquietantes desde Cuba no tardan en ensombrecer el ambiente festivo, y la nave que prometía ser su salvación parece a punto de convertirse en su sentencia de muerte. Hannah y Leo se ven enfrentados a una decisión desgarradora... Siete décadas después, en la ciudad de Nueva York, el día que cumple doce años, Anna Rosen recibe un paquete de Hannah, una tía abuela a la que nunca conoció pero que crio a su difunto padre. En un intento de reconstruir el misterioso pasado de su padre, Anna y su madre viajan a La Habana para reunirse con la anciana. Hannah les relatará el viaje en el St. Louis, les hablará de sus años en la isla y revelará, por primera vez, el modo en el que ella y Leo cumplieron con el solemne pacto que sellaron. ( )
  AmicanaLibrary | Jun 9, 2023 |
Not compelling to me. Why was a fragrance described at the beginning of scenes? ( )
  cathy.lemann | Mar 21, 2023 |
I'll give this 3.5 stars, and round up for educational value.

As you might expect, this was a pretty sad book in many ways, because it is the story of a Jewish family in Germany in the late 30s on. But it's not your usual story of Nazis and the Holocaust, but it's mainly a story about the effect on people in the early days before the war as this family goes from being a well-off, well-respected family to personae non gratae, referred to as "worms", etc. They see what's happening and decide to get out while they still can, although it becomes very hard to do.

But, after giving up most of their possessions, they get visas for the US via Cuba, book passage on a large ocean liner, and even help another family escape. They barely make it out, but finally they, along with about 900 other people, are on the way to Cuba, thinking they are safe. But when they get there, the rules change, and neither Cuba nor the US are willing to take them. These countries are afraid to antagonize Germany. A few people are allowed to leave, but most are forced to go back to Europe. This is based on a true story, something I didn't know anything about. The ship really was turned back. Perhaps because it was so shameful is the reason I never heard about it.

The story tells about the life in Cuba from the perspective of a young 11 year old girl, Hanna. There is a parallel story in modern times from the perspective of another young girl about the same age, named Anna, named after Hanna.

I thought the story got pretty boring, and was too long for my tastes, but I plodded on through out of curiosity more than anything else. It was an interesting story, and educational, so I thought it would be worth it. I probably should learn to skim over books like this when they get boring.
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  MartyFried | Oct 9, 2022 |
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You are my witnesses.
~ ISAIAH 43:10-11
Memories are what you no longer want to remember.
~ JOAN DIDION
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To my Children Emma, Anna, and Lucas

To Ana Maria (Karman) Gordon, Judith (Koeppel) Steel, and
Herbert Karliner, who were my children's age when they boarded
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St Louis at the Port of Hamburg in 1939
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I was almost twelve years old when I decided to kill my parents.
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Before everything changed, young Hannah Rosenthal lived a charmed life. But now, in 1939, the streets of Berlin are draped with red, white, and black flags; her family's fine possessions are hauled away; and they are no longer welcome in the places that once felt like home. Hannah and her best friend, Leo Martin, make a pact: whatever the future has in store for them, they'll meet it together. Hope appears in the form of the SS St. Louis , a transatlantic liner offering Jews safe passage out of Germany. After a frantic search to obtain visas, the Rosenthals and the Martins depart on the luxurious ship bound for Havana. Life on board the St. Louis is like a surreal holiday for the refugees, with masquerade balls, exquisite meals, and polite, respectful service. But soon ominous rumors from Cuba undermine the passengers' fragile sense of safety. From one day to the next, impossible choices are offered, unthinkable sacrifices are made, and the ship that once was their salvation seems likely to become their doom. Seven decades later in New York City, on her twelfth birthday, Anna Rosen receives a strange package from an unknown relative in Cuba, her great-aunt Hannah. Its contents will inspire Anna and her mother to travel to Havana to learn the truth about their family's mysterious and tragic past, a quest that will help Anna understand her place and her purpose in the world. The German Girl sweeps from Berlin at the brink of the Second World War to Cuba on the cusp of revolution, to New York in the wake of September 11, before reaching its deeply moving conclusion in the tumult of present-day Havana.

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