Description
Diane Tuckman and Cecile Spiegel fled religious persecution with WWII conflicts at their heels. Hiding in plain sight, Cecile eluded the Nazis in France. Diane came of age in France, far from her childhood home in Egypt. Their odysseys intersect in America in this dual memoir of immigration, faith, and resilience.
Author: Cecile Spiegel, Diane Tuckman
Publisher: Cherry Orchard Books
Published: 06/21/2022
Pages: 138
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.30d
ISBN13: 9781644698365
ISBN10: 1644698366
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Jewish
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Social Science | Jewish Studies
About the Author
Cecile Spiegel (1915-2010) was born in Nuremberg, Germany, the only child of loving parents. She escaped to France amid rising Nazi persecution. She survived WWII hidden in the countryside with aid from French Resistance members. Cecile worked for American forces in post-war France before immigrating to America, where she became a French teacher.
Diane Tuckman was born in 1935 in Heliopolis, Egypt. At the start of the Arab-Israel war in 1948, her family fled mounting oppression. They settled in France, where Diane translated for American forces before moving to the United States. A noted silk painter, she is a founder of Silk Painters International (SPIN).