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'Neima’s book, impeccably researched and beautifully written, will be an inspiration for anyone looking to an alternative future today.' - Stella Tillyard, author of Aristocrats and The Great Level 'Deeply interesting and a pleasure to read, The Utopians illuminates the history of “social...

In autumn 1942, Anna Goldenberg's great-grandparents and one of their sons are deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Hans, their elder son, survives by hiding in an apartment in the middle of Nazi-controlled Vienna. But this is no Anne Frank-like existence; teenage Hans passes time in the municipal library and buys standing-room tickets to the Vienna State Opera. Hans never sees his family again. Goldenberg reconstructs this unique story in magnificent reportage.

Performed by Anna Cordell and Dov Forman featuring a foreword written and read by Charles HRH The Prince of Wales and dedication written and read by Lily Ebert. “Utterly compelling, heartbreaking, truthful and yet redemptive . . . a testimony of irrepressible spirit and an unforgettable family...

Tremila ebrei costretti a vivere dentro una frazione del rione Sant'Angelo, quattro isolati in tutto, uniti al resto della città da cancelli. Lo decide papa Paolo IV Carafa nel 1555 e la segregazione sopravvive per tre secoli, a dispetto degli stravolgimenti della storia, a dispetto della popolazione che continua a crescere fino ad accogliere tutti gli ebrei dello Stato Pontificio, deportati a Roma. Non si poteva uscire dal ghetto di notte, non si potevano svolgere lavori comuni.