{"product_id":"auslander-one-familys-story-of-escape-and-exile-9798897101924","title":"Ausländer: One Family's Story of Escape and Exile","description":"\u003cb\u003eA deeply moving and intimate story that reveals how the ravages of history that tore one family apart echo across continents nearly a century later.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A memoir which ranks alongside \u003ci\u003eThe Hare with Amber Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brilliant.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSorting through papers and photographs after his mother's death, Michael Moritz uncovers the history of close family members murdered by the Nazis. Exploring their journey takes him into a past of tragedy, grief and the dark shadows cast on Jewish life by the Holocaust. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Leaving Germany as child refugees, Moritz's parents escape to London before settling in Cardiff, Wales, after the war. But the idea of being a stranger or outsider--Ausländer--haunts the family; running through Moritz's childhood and resurfacing in his adopted home of California, where he has become one of Silicon Valley's most celebrated investors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"As the shadows of Trump lengthened, the refrain I had heard from my parents rang ever more loudly ... 'If it did happen somewhere, it can happen here.'\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns disturbingly relevant and a haunting elegy to his family heritage, Ausländer shows what can happen to anyone, anywhere, when ordinary people hand licence to despots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798897101924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2026 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Moritz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774273843381,"sku":"9798897101924","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/auslander-one-familys-story-of-escape-and-exile-9798897101924","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}