Anne Sebba

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Anne Sebba brings meticulous research and a brilliant writer's eye to one of the darkest questions of World War II.

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Absolutely gripping in so many ways; beautifully written and superbly researched, a brilliant and a fresh take on a famous case.

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An important retelling of Les Années Noires in Paris which puts women's stories, and the complications of their lives under Occupation, centre stage…

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A fascinating book I couldn’t stop reading. Anne Sebba knows everything about Paris during the War. She understands everything about the chic, loathsome collaborators and the Holocaust victims…

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    Anne is the author of eleven non fiction books mostly biographies of iconic women with a strong historical context.

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      • ‘The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz’ - Interviews with Anne Sebba

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Very special performance today of Schumann’s Traum Very special performance today of Schumann’s Traumerei at a concert to remember The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz and its only cellist, the then teenage Anita Lasker still alive at 100.
Totally thrilled to meet Laura Khan, granddaughter Totally thrilled to meet Laura Khan, granddaughter of one of the french musicians, Clare Monis, in the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz. Laura never knew her grandmother, who survived Auschwitz but died in a postwar car accident. She looks uncannily like her. Meeting her in California gave me a strangely warm tingling sensation and added an additional dimension to the afternoon concert in which four musicians played pieces that the orchestra had been compelled to play in Auschwitz.

#livinghistory #worldwar2 #women’sorchestraofAuschwitz
Just rehearsing for this concert amid the lemon gr Just rehearsing for this concert amid the lemon groves of California Thanks @holocaustmusiclostfound
The place where you never can check out! Lucky i’m The place where you never can check out! Lucky i’m not staying here …
Great session today discussing @thomas___harding Great session today discussing @thomas___harding  latest book The Einstein Vendetta and the myth of The Good Italians and the Evil Germans in #WorldWar 2. Like every thing else it’s a lot more complicated. #jewishbookweek
Lunchtime talk today @nationalarchivesuk about Wal Lunchtime talk today @nationalarchivesuk about Wallis Simpson to tie into their #LoveLetters exhibition. Only the love letters in Wallis Simpson story were rather one sided!
Marking paperback publication day with a talk at @ Marking paperback publication day with a talk at @roehamptonclub Thanks @wnbooks for all the support and thanks to the wonderful women and girls who played for their lives in Auschwitz. Such a privilege to tell their stories.
Thanks so much @groucho_club for inviting me to ta Thanks so much @groucho_club for inviting me to take part in your book club tonight discussing #thewomensorchestraofauschwitz . I love meeting my readers and especially being interviewed by @miss_lisa_okelly_reed
Delighted to interview JohnJay about his wonderful Delighted to interview JohnJay about his wonderful book on a young Jewish girl’s escape from Nazi occupied France across the Pyrenees in 1943. #Ninette’s War #kingsplace @jewishbookweek
Packed audience at The Army and Navy lunchtime tal Packed audience at The Army and Navy lunchtime talks series today. My first paperback event and we sold out! #buynowforchristmas !
#thewomensorchestraofauschwitz #thewomensorchestraofauschwitz
Beautiful venue for a packed talk today in Edinbur Beautiful venue for a packed talk today in Edinburgh about The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: St John’s Church in the centre of the city.
Only one week left to see the astonishing body of Only one week left to see the astonishing body of work created by Lee Miller on show at Tate Britain. Having written about her twice (in my book on women reporters and in Les Parisiennes) I thought I knew it…But not only is there new work here but to see the progression, from pre war surrealism through wartime horror to post war devastation, until she is burned out, is sobering. And it rams home the fact that British women reporters could not get accreditation for the front line. It’s ironic that Lee’s accreditation came from the fashion magazine - Vogue. Do go before it closes. 

#womenandwar #worldwartwo #womenartists
That was a fun morning filming. Endlessly discussi That was a fun morning filming. Endlessly discussing Wallis Simpson and what is new since the Abdication 90 years ago. Plenty actually! On the sofa with @llewelynbowen and #JuneWoolerton will air in a week or so. Thanks @lovemondaytv @youtube #somuchtosayandneverenoughtime
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