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The Tennis Champion Who Escaped The Nazis Liesl Herbsts Journey From Vienna To Wimbledon
The Tennis Champion Who Escaped The Nazis Liesl Herbsts Journey From Vienna To Wimbledon
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Description: In 1930, at the age of twenty - seven Liesl Herbst was the Austrian National Tennis Champion a celebrity in Vienna. Liesl her husband David and their daughter Dorli came to Britain after escaping the Nazis. In London though initially stripped of their Austrian passports and rendered stateless aliens both Liesl and her daughter Dorli competed at Wimbledon. They remain the only mother and daughter ever to have played doubles together at Wimbledon. This moving story of escape and survival is told by Liesl's grand - daughter Dorli's daughter. Some of the story the author heard first - hand from her grandmother; the rest she has meticulously researched over many years in four countries. It is as much a search for the author's own identity as for her own children and grandchildren to ensure that their remarkable family history is never lost again.
Title: The Tennis Champion Who Escaped The Nazis Liesl Herbsts Journey From Vienna To Wimbledon
Author(s): Hardy Felice
Publisher: Gemini Books Group Ltd
Barcode: 9781802471199
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 9/5/2023
Category: Tennis
Description: In 1930, at the age of twenty - seven Liesl Herbst was the Austrian National Tennis Champion a celebrity in Vienna. Liesl her husband David and their daughter Dorli came to Britain after escaping the Nazis. In London though initially stripped of their Austrian passports and rendered stateless aliens both Liesl and her daughter Dorli competed at Wimbledon. They remain the only mother and daughter ever to have played doubles together at Wimbledon. This moving story of escape and survival is told by Liesl's grand - daughter Dorli's daughter. Some of the story the author heard first - hand from her grandmother; the rest she has meticulously researched over many years in four countries. It is as much a search for the author's own identity as for her own children and grandchildren to ensure that their remarkable family history is never lost again.
Title: The Tennis Champion Who Escaped The Nazis Liesl Herbsts Journey From Vienna To Wimbledon
Author(s): Hardy Felice
Publisher: Gemini Books Group Ltd
Barcode: 9781802471199
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 9/5/2023
Category: Tennis