The Lost Café Schindler by Meriel Schindler
Launched in 1922 by two Jewish brothers, the grand Café Schindler in Maria-Theresien-Straße, Innsbruck offered guests a place to socialize, dance and forget the horrors of the First World War and the hardships of the peace that followed. It soon became the social centre of Innsbruck.
And then the Nazis arrived.
Through the story of the Café Schindler and the threads that spool out from it, this moving book weaves together memoir, family history and an untold story of the Jews of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Andrew and Sandra introduce the book and its main themes, with selected readings.
Music played:
- American Patrol by the Glenn Miller Orchestra
- A Chopin Waltz
- Serenade from The Student Prince by Sigmund Romberg (1924) , sung by Richard Tauber
A fascinating history which must be remembered.