The tennis champion who escaped the Nazis : Liesl Herbst's journey, from Vienna to Wimbledon
Hardy, Felice2023
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This is the remarkable story of Austrian national tennis champion Liesl Herbst's escape from Nazi-occupied Vienna with her husband David and young daughter Dorli, and of those they had to leave behind. Meticulously researched across four countries, it is an inspiring tale of resilience and hope, a moving account of a family's many losses, but also of a second-generation survivor's rediscovery of her identity. In 1930, at the age of twenty-six, Liesl Herbst was a champion, a celebrity in Vienna. On arrival in London, he and her family had already been stripped of their Austrian citizenship and rendered stateless aliens. Nevertheless, both Liesl and Dorli competed at Wimbledon. They remain the only mother and daughter ever to have played doubles together at The Championships.
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Author:
Hardy, Felice, author
Imprint:
London : Ad Lib Publishers, 2023.
Collation:
240 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781802471199 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2623937
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