HODNOTENIE: ***"Po pere mi steká kvapka potu. Cítim soľ. Tancovanie ide samo od seba. Plynulé abstraktné línie. Nič nevidím, počujem len hudbu. Tancujem akoby v tranze. Presne ako vtedy, keď som to okúsila po prvý raz, ako päťročná." (s.234).
Život je plný náhod. Paul Glaser, autor tohto dokumentárneho románu, bol po skončení nejakej konferencie navštíviť koncentračný tábor v Osvienčime..[...]
Nan A. Talese: The gripping story of the author’s aunt, a Jewish dance instructor who was betrayed to the Nazis by the two men she loved, yet managed to survive WWII by teaching dance lessons to the SS at Auschwitz. Her epic life becomes a window into the… ...
Nan A. Talese: The gripping story of the author’s aunt, a Jewish dance instructor who was betrayed to the Nazis by the two men she loved, yet managed to survive WWII by teaching dance lessons to the SS at Auschwitz. Her epic life becomes a window into the author’s own past, and the key to discovering his Jewish roots. Raised in a devout Roman Catholic family in the Netherlands, Paul Glaser was shocked to learn as an adult of his father's Jewish heritage. Grappling with his newfound identity and stunned by his father’s secrecy, Paul set out to discover what happened to his family during World War II and what caused the longstanding rift between his father and his estranged aunt, Rosie, who moved to Sweden after the war. Piecing together his aunt’s wartime diaries, photographs, and letters, Paul reconstructs the dramatic story of a woman who was caught up in the tragic sweep of World War II. Rosie Glaser was a magnetic force – hopeful, exuberant, and cunning. An emancipated woman who defied convention, she toured Western Europe teaching ballroom dancing to high acclaim, falling in love hard and often. By the age of twenty-five, she had lost the great love of her life in a flying accident, sought consolation in the arms of another, and married the wrong man. Then the Nazis seized power. For Rosie, a non-practicing Jew, this marked the beginning of an extremely dangerous ordeal. After operating an illegal dance school in her parents’ attic, Rosie was betrayed by both her ex-husband and her lover, taken prisoner by the SS and sent to a series of concentration camps. But her enemies were unable to destroy her and she remarkably survived, in part by teaching dance and etiquette lessons to her captors. An entertainer at heart, Rosie’s vivacious spirit, her effervescent charm, and her incredible resourcefulness kept her alive amid horrendous tragedy. Of the 1,200 people who arrived with her at Auschwitz, only eight survived. With over 90 photos, Dancing with the Enemy recalls an extraordinary life marked by love, betrayal, and fierce determination.
