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Sins of the Innocent

by Mireille Marokvia

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ISBN13: 9781932961256
ISBN10: 1932961259
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2006.09.06.NYTSins

Review:

"A politically nave French country girl when she entered the Sorbonne in 1928, Marokvia (Immortelles: Memoir of a Will-o'-the-Wisp), who today is almost 98 years old, soon fell in love with art student Abel; the two enjoyed the Parisian bohemian scene of the 1930s, without worrying much about world events. Even when Hitler took Austria in 1938, no one seemed too shocked — it 'was as if we had begun to think he had the right to do what he was doing.' Alas, Abel was German and by 1939, he decided to return to Stuttgart. Marokvia followed and the two married, each verifying that they came from four generations of Jew-free ancestry. While both hated the Nazis and refused to collaborate actively, neither felt able to do anything against the regime. Abel avoided the military by working for a propaganda ministry, traveling throughout the Reich sketching for various government publications, while Marokvia variously worked as a weaver, translator and subsistence farmer. They considered themselves innocent of Nazi atrocities, yet sullied by the passive sin of complicity. At times they contemplated suicide or murdering Hitler, but then went on with finding housing, food and work, like other citizens. Readers of last year's A Woman in Berlin will find the similarities (constant suspicion of neighbors, ignorance about Jews) and contrasts (Marokvia reports no rapes or prostitution) illuminating. (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

Review:

Mireille Marokvia awoke to her

adult life in the 1930s in Paris

and found herself in love with a

man she first mistook as Russian.

But when she followed him home

to Stuttgart in 1939, she found

herself on the wrong side of the

lines as Hitler began his long

series of invasions.

About the Author

Mireille Marokvia was born in a village near Chartres in 1908. Her first essay

appeared in France over 60 years ago, and her first publication in English, a children's

book, was released in 1959. She is the author of a previous memoir,

Immortelles: Memoir of a Will-o'-the-Wisp (1996). She lives in New Mexico.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781932961256
Author:
Marokvia, Mireille
Publisher:
Unbridled Books
Subject:
Women
Subject:
World war, 1939-1945
Subject:
History
Subject:
Authors
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
World War II, Memoir
Subject:
Chartres, France, Stuttgart, Germany
Subject:
Germany
Publication Date:
September 2006
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
274
Dimensions:
8.5 x 5.5 in
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