Childhood - How Our Mother Saved Us From The Nazis

  •  A very special book
  • Autobiographical story of two Jewish children sent to Sweden and safety in 1939
  • With colourful woodcuts by Brazilian artist Tita do Rêgo Silva

 

The actress, columnist, court reporter and author Peggy Parnass tells the story of her life as a child in this moving book: In 1939, she and her four-year-old brother were sent by her mother to Stockholm, which she considered a safe place for her two children. The children never saw their parents again. They were murdered by the Nazis in Treblinka.

The brightly colourful woodcuts by the Brazilian artist Tita do Rêgo Silva stand in contrast with the content and reinforce its intensity.


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  • Publisher: Fischer Sauerländer
  • Release: 25.09.2014
  • ISBN: 978-3-596-85672-5
  • 80 Pages
  • Authors: Peggy Parnass
  • Illustrated by: Tita do Rêgo Silva
  • 12 +
Childhood - How Our Mother Saved Us From The Nazis
Peggy Parnass Tita do Rêgo Silva Childhood - How Our Mother Saved Us From The Nazis
(v.l.n.r.): Peggy Parnass und Tita do Rêgo Silva (c) Michael Marczok
© (v.l.n.r.): Peggy Parnass und Tita do Rêgo Silva (c) Michael Marczok
Peggy Parnass

Peggy Parnass studied in Stockholm, London, Hamburg and Paris. For seventeen years, she wrote court reports for a magazine and published five books. She has won several prizes, for example the Joseph Drechsel Prize for outstanding achievements in journalism.

Bild von Tita do Rêgo Silva
Tita do Rêgo Silva

Tita do Rêgo Silva was born in Caxias in the north-eastern Brazilian state Maranhão. She studied Tourism and Art at the Unversity of Brasília. In 1988, she moved to Hamburg and studied Design at the University of Applied Sciences.