An Afternoon with Edith Netter

Join us for a book signing at Books-A-Million with the wonderful Edith Netter. It’s happening on May 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM (Eastern Time). Come meet the author, chat, and enjoy some great stories. Don’t miss this chance to meet Edith and dive into her memoir - The House at Schumannstrasse 7.

Twice, Alice Rothschild Netter sought safety and asylum in another country: once because she was a German in England during WWI, once because she was a Jew in Germany when the Nazis took power. Born and raised in Germany, nothing in Alice’s childhood foretold what she would experience later. Her family was affluent. They were a respected part of the community. She was educated and had opportunities for travel. She and her husband were in London in 1915, when he was arrested and imprisoned because he was German. In Germany, she waited four years for his release so they could restart their lives together. Three children, a treasured house, and a successful business—the family prospered for years, until the Holocaust. Then, they fled Germany any way they could. Alice took the “sealed train,” a short-lived, never-before-described in the literature service to Lisbon. Alice’s life story, told in her voice, is uniquely personal and accessible. Readers young and old, informed or uninformed about the Holocaust, will be interested in and benefit from reading this true story about the author’s grandmother.

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