To Paint Her Life: Charlotte Salomon in the Nazi Era

by Mary Lowenthal Felstiner

Book Overview

Charlotte Salomon was a German-Jewish artist who created a stunning visual diary of her life as a young artist in Nazi Berlin and as a refugee in France; she died in Auschwitz at age twenty-six. To... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060171057
• ISBN13: 9780060171056
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

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One of the most powerful and moving biographies

You may have read many memoirs, and biographies about people affected by the Holocaust. However, do not think this is similar to other stories, or be put off by a topic that is upsetting. The journey through this book will be more than rewarding. Mary Felstiner has a deep, historical knowledge of Charlotte Salomon that she relays in a moving, and powerful style. You feel that you intimately know the people she writes about. Salomon's story is not one that is widely known, but it should be. She painted her life story during the Nazi years in the form of an operetta. Her paintings recently on display in the US tell a painful, vivid story of her, her parents, and her lover. This book is about what happened to Charlotte Salomon and her family during the Nazi years, but will also be of great interest to people interested in art, and in the human condition. I cannot recommend it highly enough.