Dancing with the Enemy: The Gripping Story of the Jewish Dance Instructor Who Survived Auschwitz by Teaching Dance to the Nazis, by Paul Glaser
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“An extraordinary story of an unconventional, nervy woman and her determination to survive.” —The New York PostPaul Glaser was an adult when he learned the truth about his heritage. Raised in a devout Roman Catholic home in the Netherlands, he had never known his father was Jewish and that their family had suffered great losses during the World War II. When Paul inquired, his father refused to provide details about the war, the camps, and especially Rosie, Paul’s estranged aunt.Shortly after this discovery, Paul started an investigation into his family’s past, desperate to get to the bottom of the long-standing rift between his father and Rosie. His research led him to a collection of Rosie’s wartime diaries, photographs, and letters, which told the dramatic story of a woman who was caught up in the tragic sweep of World War II.Rosie Glaser was a magnificent woman; despite everything, she remained hopeful, exuberant, and, most importantly, cunning. When the Nazis seized power, Rosie, a nonpracticing Jew, entered dangerous territory, managing a hidden dance school and participating in whispered conversations and secret rendezvous. She was eventually caught and sent to a series of concentration camps.She survived, though, in part by giving dance and etiquette lessons to her captors, who favored her and looked out for her in return. Of the twelve hundred people who arrived with her in Auschwitz, only eight survived.Dancing with the Enemy recalls an extraordinary life marked by love, betrayal, and fierce determination.
Dancing with the Enemy: The Gripping Story of the Jewish Dance Instructor Who Survived Auschwitz by Teaching Dance to the Nazis, by Paul Glaser- Amazon Sales Rank: #803086 in Books
- Brand: Skyhorse Publishing
- Published on: 2015-05-12
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.20" h x 1.20" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 320 pages
Amazon.com Review A Look Inside Dancing with the Enemy Rosie Glaser at age seventeen, 1931
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From Booklist How did the author’s glamorous Aunt Rosie survive the Holocaust? Why does his family in Holland never talk about her or about their roots? He has been raised Catholic, but is his father Jewish? Did his grandfather really die of old age? Who betrayed Rosie and her parents to the Nazis? With lots of photos throughout of his father’s sexy sister, a professional dancer, Glaser weaves together his interviews with Rosie in Sweden and his research into her amazing letters and diaries, and he tells the story in her voice parallel with his surprising discoveries of his own identity. She survived 18 months in Auschwitz, in luck to be used in invasive medical experiments, even if they did leave her sterile, singing and dancing with her capo-guard boyfriends. One of her jobs was to accompany and reassure prisoners before they went to the showers. With the personal and family secrets revealed, most shocking is the fact that 85 percent of Dutch Jews did not survive. An essential addition to the Holocaust collection. --Hazel Rochman
Review "I could not put down this powerfully haunting story. . . . The author takes readers on a gripping journey. . . . Passionate, clever, resourceful, and determined, Rosie was a powerful force. This story reminds us once again of the resiliency of the human spirit and its ability to endure, overcome and even dance amidst unthinkable tragedy." —Cleveland Jewish News"Family secrets run deep. When Dutch-born Glaser started digging up his hidden Jewish past, he learned that his estranged aunt Rosie had survived Nazi concentration camps by giving dancing lessons to the guards and having affairs with more than one. Letters, archives, diaries, relatives and family friends lead the writer, at last, to Rosie Glaser herself, and to an extraordinary story of an unconventional, nervy woman and her determination to survive." —The New York Post"[Rosie Glaser] led one of the most extraordinary lives of the 20th century. . . . [A] riveting story. . . . What is undeniable . . . is Rosie's fearless strength in facing her fate and her refusal to become a victim. She refers little to the brutality she encountered, but frequently mentions the little kindnesses extended by the Germans. The will to survive is powerful indeed." —The Washington Times"A compelling story about how one prisoner charmed and danced her way to survival. A fascinating read that also exposes the calumnies of the Dutch people and government both during the war and after it." —Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies, Emory University“It is rare, at this point, to come upon a work that offers a different angle, an unusual variation on the familiar theme. In this sense, Dancing with the Enemy… is something of an exception… [I]t is in fact two stories whose parallel strands combine to create a complex, sobering, conclusion.” —The Jerusalem Report"A readable, personable study and a scathing indictment of Dutch passivity in the face of occupation." —Kirkus Reviews"Glaser weaves together his interviews with Rosie in Sweden and his research into her amazing letters and diaries, and he tells the story in her voice parallel with his surprising discoveries of his own identity. . . . An essential addition to the Holocaust collection." —Booklist"Rosie was unconventional, exuberant and ever optimistic, and her spirit comes through in these pages." —Jewish Woman magazine
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful. Highly, Highly Recommended; a first person account of survival during the Holocaust By Jojoleb Dancing with the Enemy: My Family's Holocaust Secret, by Paul Glaser, is a must read. Gleaned from diaries, poetry, and letters of the author's estranged aunt, Glaser puts together a first person account of a survivor's story. There are many excellent books about Jewish survival during the Holocaust, but because this is truly a first person account, this is one of the most compelling. Brilliantly written, Glaser's account is a must read.Glaser, a Dutch citizen, had initial suspicions about his Jewish roots when he was first told by a colleague that is last name was a common Jewish name in Vienna. Glaser had been raised as a Catholic and had not known that his father was Jewish. He confirmed this suspicions after speaking to his grandmother. He basically ignored the fact as a curiosity until he took a somewhat unwilling side trip to visit Auschwitz as a historical excursion during a business meeting. There, amongst the piles of empty suitcases, he saw one that was noted as coming from Holland, with a tag that read 'Glaser.'Although he tried to speak to his father about this, his father was unwilling to talk about anything that happened during the war or about any Jewish connections in the family. Out of desperation, Glaser sought out his estranged aunt Rosie. After Rosie's death, Glaser was given Rosie's papers, and with them her diary.Using the Rosie's diaries, letters, and poems written before and after World War II, Glaser has pieced together an incredible and compelling portrait of Rosie. He traces her life from the glamorous days before WWII, to her rough days during the occupation of Holland, to her horrifying experiences as a fugitive and concentration camp victim, to her post war survival. Rosie's voice is unique. Her voice can be optimistic, tragic, moving, and even humorous, in spite of what she experienced.This all highlights the fact that Rosie herself is a charismatic and complex character. She is highly secularized and only considered herself Jewish because of her birth. As a young woman and a girl she is brash, beautiful, headstrong, stubborn, giddy, and fabulously outrageous. Although she was twice betrayed by those she loved and had to endure suffering, she was a die-hard optimist and was always able to make the most of her situation. A dance instructor by trade and gifted writer and poet, Rosie had to leverage all of her unique talents in order to survive.A credit to both Rosie and Paul Glaser, the book is simply astonishing. Glaser intersperses Rosie's past life with the story of how he discovers his own past. By the end of the book both time lines cross and Glaser is finally able to reconcile the past with the present.Rosie's story of survival is so improbable, and yet it happened. This is one of those books that is simply so incredible it needs to be read. If I could give this book more than 5 stars I would. Highly, highly recommended.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful. More than one story! By Rita Mayberry There are two main stories being told in this book, and one told in shadow. One is the story of a man's surprising discovery about his family and his efforts to unravel the family's story in light of this discovery. The second main story is that of his aunt, Rosie Glaser. The shadow story is that of the author's father who chooses to not revisit the horrors of that time, and has raised his children away from that sorrow. One cannot help but think of Anne Frank, another Dutch girl whose identity as a Jewish person led to her death. Rosie Glaser's story is quite different from Anne's. Whereas Anne was still very much a child in a nurturing family, protected for a time, Rosie was a young woman caught up in politics that she didn't understand or care about until it affected her hedonistic lifestyle. She was very much ahead of her time both in her way of thinking and her way of living. Her love of dancing and her skill in teaching it were the good things in her life, and her only way of earning a living. Her pursuit of dance in spite of the fact that it was forbidden to her because her grandmother was Jewish landed her in trouble with the Germans, and saved her life in the camps. This isn't a story of good triumphing over evil, but a story of a young woman who survived by her wits and wiles, doing what she had to do to make it through in spite of the tragedy all around her. Written partly from her wartime diaries, it is interesting that Rosie accepted the hardship of the camps and gave little voice to her personal suffering, treating what happened to her as a matter of course and never letting it get her down. It is fascinating as is the evolution of a man learning of a family past and how that learning changed his life forever. The contrast in the way the author's father deals with his family history and the way his sister had dealt with it is fascinating and clearly represents two ends of the spectrum of response to living through such awful times. One admires the courage of this young woman and her resolve to have a life in spite of the Nazis. One must applaud her decision to become a Swedish citizen after the way she and her family were treated by the Dutch in their native land. It is clear, also, that the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis continue to disrupt lives even after these many years. The damage lingers still today, and yet we again are in awe of those who managed to survive its reality.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Incredible story of a remarkable woman By Patto Paul Glaser discovered as an adult that he had a Jewish background and that more than half his family had been murdered in the Holocaust. I have a friend who had a similar experience, so I really wanted to read this book.Glaser's Aunt Rosie was a marvelous discovery. She survived Auschwitz and Birkenau by means of charisma, chutzpah, ingenuity and sheer good luck. Rosie made her own luck for the most part. She did what it took to survive. A talented professional dancer and dance instructor, she taught SS officers in the camps the latest dance steps from Paris and London.Not only did she dance with the enemy, she slept with the enemy. Rosie was a people person. She saw the good in others if there was any good to be seen. Her ability to make friends on all sides is strikingly portrayed in this book.The author shows us Rosie's progression from a rather fast young lady in rebellion against her straight-laced Dutch parents - to the sole support of her parents when life became difficult in Nazi-occupied Netherlands.I got a real sense in this book of the insidious tightening of restrictions against the Jews under the Nazi Occupation. As for the camps, Rosie had vivid personal experiences of the atrocities the Nazis practiced.Rosie's multiple husbands and lovers were fascinating to read about. No matter how often she was betrayed or heartbroken, Rosie never lost her readiness to engage with life. There are wonderful lessons to be learned from Rosie's story.Glazer's sources were his Aunt Rosie's diary, letters she sneaked out from the camps, old photos, old films, official documents and his conversations with Rosie in her later years. So he's able to write in Rosie's own voice, and let her charm us as she charmed so many. This is a wonderful book.
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