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Podcast: New Books in Western European Studies
Episode: Elisabeth Ă
sbrink "And in the Vienna Woods the Trees Remain: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Family Torn Apart by War" (Other Press, 2020)
Description: Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews and a Notable Translated Book of the Year by World Literature Today
Winner of the August Prize, the story of the complicated long-distance relationship between a Jewish child and his forlorn Viennese parents after he was sent to Sweden in 1939, and the unexpected friendship the boy developed with the future founder of IKEA, a Nazi activist.
And in the Vienna Woods the Trees Remain: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Family Torn Apart by Warâ Â (Other Press, 2020). Otto Ullmann, a Jewish boy, was sent f...