Home Is Somewhere Else: Autobiography In Two Voices (suny Series, The Margins Of Literature)

Following the Nazi annexation of Austria in March of 1938, Desider Furst, his wife, and his daughter suddenly found themselves hunted outlaws, holders of a German passport branded with a red "J" for Jewish. They escaped from Vienna and eventually settled in England, where they spent the war years as "enemy aliens." In 1971 they emigrated once more, this time voluntarily, to the United States. Home is Somewhere Else is a dual-voice autobiographical narration by father and daughter, recounting the family's displacements, obstacles, and repeated reversals. The experiences documented here are typical of many Central Europeans whose lives were radically and painfully affected by the Nazis. This book's originality lies in its narrative format and its revelation of what befell the "lucky" ones merely on the margins of the Holocaust. Jewish Book World An unusual dual autobiography of a father and a daughter's account of identical experiences during and post World War II. The story is told from the perspective of a child's impressions complemented by the adult recollections of the same situations. The different points of view are interesting and dramatic. The family's flight from occupied Vienna to safety in Manchester, England, is compelling and vivid history. Front Matter 1 Front Cover 1 Half Title Page 2 Dedication Page 4 Title Page 6 Copyright page 7 Table of Contents 8 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 10 PREFACE 12 Contents 18 Introduction 18 Coming To Vienna 20 Vienna 30 Flight From Vienna 44 Cologne 70 Cologne 76 Brussels 86 Brussels 90 London 100 London 106 ILLUSTRATION 120 Chertsey 130 Isle of Man 144 Bedford 160 Bedford 170 Manchester 178 Manchester 202 The Silent Third Person 208 And They Lived Happily Ever After ... 230 As My Father Used To Say 246 Back Matter 258 NOTES 258 Back Cover 264 Production by Ruth Fisher Marketing by Bernadette LaManna Published by State University of New York Press,Albany © 1994 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information,address the State University of New York Press,90 State Street,Suite 700,Albany,NY 12207 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Furst,Desider. Home is somewhere else:autobiography in two voiceslDesider Furst and Lilian R. Furst. p. cm.-(SUNY series,margins of literature) ISBN 0-7914-1969-X (cloth:alk. paper).-ISBN 0-7914-1970-3 (pbk.:alk. paper) 1,Furst,Desider. 2. Furst,Lilian R. 3. Jews-Austria-ViennaBiography. 4. Refugees,Jewish-England-Manchester-Biography. I. Furst,Lilian R. II. Title. III. Series: SUNY series,the margins ofliterature. DS135.A93F873 1994 943.6'13004924-dc20 [B] 93-31274 CIP Production by Ruth Fisher,Marketing by Bernadette LaManna,Published by,State University of New York Press,Albany,© 1994 State University of New York,All rights reserved,Printed in the United States of America,No part of this book may be used or reproduced,in any manner whatsoever without written permission,except in the case of brief quotations embodied in,critical articles and reviews.,For information,address the State University of New York Press,90 State Street,Suite 700,Albany,NY 12207,Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data,Furst,Desider.,Home is somewhere else:autobiography in two voiceslDesider Furst,and Lilian R. Furst.,p. cm.-(SUNY series,margins of literature),ISBN 0-7914-1969-X (cloth:alk. paper).-ISBN 0-7914-1970-3,(pbk.:alk. paper),1,Furst,Desider. 2. Furst,Lilian R. 3. Jews-Austria-ViennaBiography.,4. Refugees,Jewish-England-Manchester-Biography.,I. Furst,Lilian R. II. Title. III. Series: SUNY series,the,margins ofliterature.,DS135.A93F873 1994,943.6'13004924-dc20,B,93-31274,CIP "Following the Nazi annexation of Austria in March of 1938, Desider Furst, his wife, and his daughter suddenly found themselves hunted outlaws, holders of a German passport branded with a red "J" for Jewish. They escaped from Vienna and eventually settled in England, where they spent the war years as "enemy aliens." In 1971 they emigrated once more, this time voluntarily, to the United States. Home is Somewhere Else is a dual-voice autobiographical narration by father and daughter, recounting the family's displacements, obstacles, and repeated reversals."--BOOK JACKET. "The experiences documented here are typical of many Central Europeans whose lives were radically and painfully affected by the Nazis. This book's originality lies in its narrative format and its revelation of what befell the "lucky" ones merely on the margins of the Holocaust."--BOOK JACKET An Austrian father and daughter alternate chapters to recount how in 1938 they found themselves with German passports stamped with the red J for Jewish, escaped from Vienna and made their way to London where they lived out the war as enemy aliens, and emigrated to the US in 1971. Their story is typical of many eastern Europeans of the period. No index or bibliography. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Desider Furst, M.D. , died in 1985. Lilian R. Furst is Marcel Bataillon Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.