Felix (Nussbaum) & Felka (Platek)

Hans Joachim Schädlich

Uitgeverij Oevers, 2020

19,95

Award-winning novel about artist couple Felix Nussbaum (1904-1944) and Felka Platek (1899-1944) fleeing Nazi Germany
When he is physically attacked in May 1933 by the painter Hanns Hubertus Graaf von Merveldt, the German-Jewish artist Felix Nussbaum is forced to leave Villa Massimo in Rome. The Nazi persecution of Jews makes it impossible for him and his wife, the painter Felka Platek, to return to Germany. After a short stay in Paris and Ostend, the couple finally finds a home in Brussels. To disastrous results, they ignore a friend’s pleas that they should flee to Palestine, and although the threat from the German occupiers grows daily, Felix and Felka decide to stay in Brussels and hide in the attic.
In short fragments, Hans Joachim Schädlich makes it tangible how the choice for an artistic life obstructs the view of the saving way. IN DUTCH!

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ISBN: 9789492068460

208 pages, 20 x 12,5 cm, no illustrations, paperback, Dutch