Kaiserhofstrasse 12

‘In this book, a man who got away tells of a miracle without being surprised.’ Peter Härtling
It is the 1930s: Kaiserhofstrasse in Frankfurt am Main is home to actors, prostitutes, fraternity members - and the Senger family. As communists and Jews, they had to flee from Tsarist Russia and found a new home here - until Adolf Hitler seized power in 1933. Valentin Senger's mother Olga realises the seriousness of the situation early on: she conceals the traces of her origins with forged papers. From then on, however, the fear of being discovered accompanied the family on a daily basis. The young Valentin Senger goes his own way and experiences his first love. But how can he get to know a girl without jeopardising the survival of the show more whole family? His mother is worried sick. And yet, with the help of numerous friends, neighbours, courageous members of the authorities and a large portion of luck, the family survives this terrible time.

I read this book because we saw various videos of Valentin Senger's descendants in the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt, which impressed me very much. show less