Erica Fischer

In July 1940, Erich Fischer found himself in Liverpool being herded onto a British transport ship bound for Australia, along with 2,500 other men. Conditions on board were horrific, with men locked below decks with overflowing latrines and only seawater to clean themselves. Separated from family, friends and removed from any semblance of a normal life, Erich is unsure whether he will ever see wife and child again. Erica Fischers The Kings Children tells the extraordinary story of her own parents and at the same time sheds light on a little-known and little-discussed chapter in British history. Fischers parents met in Austria in the early 1930s. Her mother, Irka, was a Polish Jew and her father, Erich, was a Viennese lapsed Catholic. Faced with growing unrest in Europe, Irka fled to the United Kingdom in 1938, her husband followed a year later. However at the outbreak of war, Erich had been arrested as an enemy alien, and having been interned was deported to the opposite side of the world. Faced with unimaginable hardships, the deportees banded together in solidarity to face their new life in Australia and Erich was, against the odds, able to make contact with Irka and their letters established a lifeline between continents. The Kings Children is astonishing true tale dealing with an unexposed and unexplored period in British history but also a story of the resilience of love.

The story of Felice, a young Jewish lesbian, and Elizabeth, a Gentile wife and mother, during the Holocaust. Elizabeth eventually divorced her husband, moved in with Felice, and the two of them attempted to establish a haven from the madness that surrounded them. But then Felice was deported--first to Czechoslovakia, then to a concentration camp. At the age of 80, Elizabeth finally tells her story to journalist Erica Fischer, who complements the saga with historical background, interviews with Elizabeth''s and Felice''s friends, and letters, diaries, and photos.

La historia de amor real de dos mujeres que se enfrentaron a la intolerancia nazi.Felice es una joven judía que, bajo un nombre falso, ejerce de periodista en un periódico afecto al regimen nazi, lo que le permite transferir informacion muy valiosa a la resistencia. Lilly es una mujer casada con un oficial destinado al frente ruso y que comulga con las ideas del Fuhrer. El destino hara que estas dos mujeres, de vidas e ideas tan antagonistas, se conozcan y se enamoren. Decididas a vivir su historia de amor con todas sus consecuencias, Lilly pedira el divorcio a su marido y ambas redactaran un contrato de matrimonio con el que desafiaran no solo a sus propios prejuicios y miedos sino a los de toda una generacion.