Daniela Spenser is a fellow at CIESAS (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en AntropologÍa Social) in Mexico City. She is author of The Impossible Triangle: Mexico, Soviet Russia, and the United States in the 1920s and Stumbling Its Way Through Mexico: The Early Years of the Communist International.

"Spenser’s erudition as a writer and scholar shines through. . . . [Echoes of Exile] is a fascinating and highly readable account of the author’s family history during a tumultuous period in world history. It is a story worth telling." —S. Jonathan Wiesen, coauthor of Nazi Germany: Society, Culture, and Politics“Weaving her Jewish family’s odyssey through the brutal prism of 20th century Eastern Europe and two enforced Western exiles, Daniela Spenser has produced a compassionate, yet admirably detached and scholarly book, which serves as a timely reminder of the endurance of the human spirit and faith in progressive politics.” —Kevin McDermott, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Sheffield Hallam University. “A well-organized book, well written, and highly readable. The history and research done on the historical evidence is excellent and sits well alongside the family’s story.” —David A. Messenger, author of War and Public Memory: Case Studies in Twentieth-Century Europe

• List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Part I Chapter 1. The Seeds of Catastrophe Chapter 2. A Journey into the Unknown Chapter 3. Joining the Battlefield Part II Chapter 4. Life in Hell Chapter 5. Sailing to Palestine Chapter 6. A Prisoner of War Chapter 7. A Return to the Mother Country Part III Chapter 8. The Deadly Fifties Chapter 9. The Journalist for a Better Tomorrow Chapter 10. Shattered Hopes Part IV Chapter 11. At a Crossroads Chapter 12. A Bridge over the Frontiers Part V Chapter 13. Back to the Native Land Epilogue Notes References Index

Daniela Spenser is a fellow at CIESAS (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en AntropologÍa Social) in Mexico City. She is author of The Impossible Triangle: Mexico, Soviet Russia, and the United States in the 1920s and Stumbling Its Way Through Mexico: The Early Years of the Communist International.

"Spenser’s erudition as a writer and scholar shines through. . . . [Echoes of Exile] is a fascinating and highly readable account of the author’s family history during a tumultuous period in world history. It is a story worth telling." —S. Jonathan Wiesen, coauthor of Nazi Germany: Society, Culture, and Politics“Weaving her Jewish family’s odyssey through the brutal prism of 20th century Eastern Europe and two enforced Western exiles, Daniela Spenser has produced a compassionate, yet admirably detached and scholarly book, which serves as a timely reminder of the endurance of the human spirit and faith in progressive politics.” —Kevin McDermott, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Sheffield Hallam University. “A well-organized book, well written, and highly readable. The history and research done on the historical evidence is excellent and sits well alongside the family’s story.” —David A. Messenger, author of War and Public Memory: Case Studies in Twentieth-Century Europe

• List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Part I Chapter 1. The Seeds of Catastrophe Chapter 2. A Journey into the Unknown Chapter 3. Joining the Battlefield Part II Chapter 4. Life in Hell Chapter 5. Sailing to Palestine Chapter 6. A Prisoner of War Chapter 7. A Return to the Mother Country Part III Chapter 8. The Deadly Fifties Chapter 9. The Journalist for a Better Tomorrow Chapter 10. Shattered Hopes Part IV Chapter 11. At a Crossroads Chapter 12. A Bridge over the Frontiers Part V Chapter 13. Back to the Native Land Epilogue Notes References Index

Daniela Spenser is a fellow at CIESAS (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en AntropologÍa Social) in Mexico City. She is author of The Impossible Triangle: Mexico, Soviet Russia, and the United States in the 1920s and Stumbling Its Way Through Mexico: The Early Years of the Communist International.

"Spenser’s erudition as a writer and scholar shines through. . . . [Echoes of Exile] is a fascinating and highly readable account of the author’s family history during a tumultuous period in world history. It is a story worth telling." —S. Jonathan Wiesen, coauthor of Nazi Germany: Society, Culture, and Politics“Weaving her Jewish family’s odyssey through the brutal prism of 20th century Eastern Europe and two enforced Western exiles, Daniela Spenser has produced a compassionate, yet admirably detached and scholarly book, which serves as a timely reminder of the endurance of the human spirit and faith in progressive politics.” —Kevin McDermott, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Sheffield Hallam University. “A well-organized book, well written, and highly readable. The history and research done on the historical evidence is excellent and sits well alongside the family’s story.” —David A. Messenger, author of War and Public Memory: Case Studies in Twentieth-Century Europe

• List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Part I Chapter 1. The Seeds of Catastrophe Chapter 2. A Journey into the Unknown Chapter 3. Joining the Battlefield Part II Chapter 4. Life in Hell Chapter 5. Sailing to Palestine Chapter 6. A Prisoner of War Chapter 7. A Return to the Mother Country Part III Chapter 8. The Deadly Fifties Chapter 9. The Journalist for a Better Tomorrow Chapter 10. Shattered Hopes Part IV Chapter 11. At a Crossroads Chapter 12. A Bridge over the Frontiers Part V Chapter 13. Back to the Native Land Epilogue Notes References Index