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L'Orâeal took my home : the secrets of a theft / Monica Waitzfelder ; translated from the French by Peter Bush ; with a preface by Serge Klarsfeld.
Lippincott Library HD9970.5.T654 L67513 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Waitzfelder, Monica, 1953-
- Standardized Title:
- Orâeal a pris ma maison. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Rosenfelder, Edith, 1928-.
- L'Orâeal (Firm).
- Rosenfelder, Edith, 1928---Homes and haunts--Germany--Karlsruhe.
- Rosenfelder, Edith.
- Jewish property--Germany--Karlsruhe--History--20th century.
- Jewish property.
- Confiscations--Germany--Karlsruhe.
- Confiscations.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Economic aspects--Germany--Karlsruhe.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Reparations.
- Reparations for historical injustices.
- World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--France.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- History.
- Germany--Karlsruhe.
- Physical Description:
- 221 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Arcadia, 2006.
- Summary:
- Behind one of the world's largest beauty and cosmetics companies lay some ugly secrets, which Monica Waitzfelder attempts to uncover in this compelling personal account. During World War II, as Jewish homes were being seized one after another, the Rosenfelder family was forced to flee the nation, leaving behind their jobs, their possessions, and their family home. After the fighting ended, the family discovered that they were unable to return to what had rightfully been their property; cosmetics giant L'Oreal had taken over the building and made it their head office. Refusing to recognize the building's original owners, the corporation was brought to court by the Rosenfelder's young daughter, Monica, an ordeal that she chronicles in this honest, personal tale of one family's ongoing struggle to regain what it lost during the war.
- Notes:
- Translation of: L'Orâeal a pris ma maison : les secrets d'une spoliation.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1905147112
- 9781905147113
- OCLC:
- 82960030
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