The tennis champion who escaped the Nazis [electronic resource] : Liesl Herbst's journey, from Vienna to Wimbledon
Hardy, Felice2023
eAudioBook
Total copies: 1
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. This is a story of survival against terrible odds, an inspiring tale of resilience and hope.
Main title:
The tennis champion who escaped the Nazis [electronic resource] : Liesl Herbst's journey, from Vienna to Wimbledon / Felice Hardy; read by Toni Green.
Author:
Hardy, Felice, authorGreen, Toni, narrator
Imprint:
Leicester : Ulverscroft, 2023.
Collation:
1 online resource.
Notes:
Downloadable audio fileComplete and unabridged.Ulverscroft digital uLIBRARY
Performers:
Read by Toni Green.
ISBN:
97818024716181802471618
Dewey class:
796.342092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
685544