The Teacher by Michal Ben-Naftali, translated by Daniella Zamir [in Booklist]
04 Dec, by in Adult Readers, Biography, European, Fiction, Israeli, Jewish, Repost, Translation
“Elsa Weiss left no testimony behind” when she jumped to her death some 30 years ago. She remains a recorded name, one of the 1,684 Jews on the infamous Kastner train that left Budapest, Hungary, in June 1944; she was among the 1,670 passengers to...