Young Woman, Standing by the Window, Evening Light, Blue Dress

The heritage of our mothers

Berlin, 2017: 27-year-old Hannah finds a letter, identifying her grandmother and her as possible heirs to a Jewish art collection which had been confiscated under the Nazi regime. However, this is the first time she hears anything about possible Jewish roots. And why has her beloved grandmother Evelyn, her only living relative, never lost a word about the past?
Berlin 1927: The metropolis is the hub of life itself and more specifically of a new life for Senta who has found work at a newspaper and quickly rises from typist to journalist. She marries a Jewish colleague, whose father is a respected art dealer and enters Berlin’s vibrant art and culture scene. When the Nazis rise to power, Senta and her husband decide to flee abroad, leaving everything behind … their family as well as priceless pieces of art. Young Woman, Standing by the Window, Evening Light, Blue Dress by Vermeer becomes the epitome of loss for Senta, as she will not see any of them ever again.

• Interweaving the fate of these women, Alena Schröder empathically traces the question of how we deal with our personal history and the legacy of our ancestors
• A page-turning read for fans of Dörte Hansen and Annette Hess
• An exciting setting well-known and beloved from the series Babylon Berlin