Miep was quite a remarkable woman, like so many others, she did not think twice when it came to help the hunted. It was very interesting to read how she saw and remembered Anne. You also get to know Miep herself a little better.
Archive for the ‘biographic’ Category
Anne Frank remembered
Posted in biographic, history, made into a film, nonfiction, tagged WWII on January 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Becketts Berlin
Posted in biographic, history, nonfiction on July 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Typhoid Mary – Anthony Bourdain
Posted in biographic, history, nonfiction, tagged New York, Typhoid Mary on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mary Mallon ,widely known as Typhoid Mary, worked as a cook to rich families in early 20th century New York city. Though never sick with typhoid fever herself she carried the deadly bacillus and unconsciously contaminated the food she prepared with it. An involuntary killer, she moved from household to household, spreading the disease. Anthony [...]
David Benioff – City of Thieves
Posted in biographic, novel, tagged Benioff, Russia, WWII on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I started reading this 2 days ago and as there are less and and less pages left, I don’t want it to end. David Benioff, author of The 25th Hour, interviewed his grandfather about his experience in Russia in WWII. That may sound like every other book on the market right now, but the [...]
