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No Place to Lay One's Head by Francoise Frenkel (Omnibus)
Francoise Frenkel was a successful Jewish bookseller in Berlin, but 1935 heralded a dark dawn. Read by Samantha Spiro.
Francoise Frenkel's real-life account of flight from Berlin on the 'Night of Broken Glass'.
The author had a thriving bookshop in Berlin, selling French editions, newspapers and magazines.
Society types and celebrities would drop by to browse, buy and socialise.
Then 1935 heralded a dark dawn..
Translated by Stephanie Smee.
Omnibus of five parts abridged by Katrin Williams.
Read by Samantha Spiro.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in January 2018
Last on
Mon 22 Aug 2022
01:00
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