The renowned literary scholar Elisabeth Bronfen has published her first novel, which has a lot to do with her childhood in post-war Munich. An exciting book about family secrets, Nazi looted art and agents.
“In the ruins of Berlin the flowers are starting to bloom again. And at night you can feel a scent from all sides, as if from ancient times…” Spring 1995, Eva Bromfield sits in the dark cinema of the Munich City Museum. A film series is being shown there that commemorates the end of the war 50 years ago. Marlene Dietrich sings on the screen, and as the glamorous nightclub singer Erika von Schlütow she turns heads Billy Wilders Comedy “A Foreign Affair” (1948) US officers head.