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One family's story of escape and exile
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Profoundly moving ANDREW MARR Deeply personal SUNDAY TIMES A shout from history that we cannot ignore THE IRISH TIMES Sorting 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...
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Profoundly moving ANDREW MARR
Deeply personal SUNDAY TIMES
A shout from history that we cannot ignore THE IRISH TIMES
Sorting 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. 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.
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".
Disturbingly relevant to contemporary America, Ausländer shows what can happen to families when ordinary people hand licence to despots.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781806491179
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 June 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Profile Books Ltd
Edition: Main
Illustration: 40 images b&w
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 260g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Michael Moritz was born in Cardiff, Wales in 1954. A former Time journalist and regular contributor to the FT, he is the author of several books, including The Little Kingdom, the story of Apple's years as a private business. He was a partner in Sequoia Capital for 35 years and led the business between 1995 and 2012, becoming one of the most successful investors of his generation. Together with his wife, the author Harriet Heyman, he formed Crankstart in 2001 - a San Francisco-based foundation devoted to helping those who might otherwise be left behind.
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