When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dayton Literary Peace Prize – Nonfiction | 2021 | Winner |
About This Book
Ariana Neumann, daughter of a wealthy Venezuelan businessman who was himself the son of Czech Jewish refugees, pieces together her father's extraordinary story of survival in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia and Berlin—a story he never told her fully. Using a cache of letters, documents, and photographs discovered after his death, she reconstructs a life of unimaginable peril and loss. Winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction.
About the Author
Ariana Neumann is a Venezuelan-American author. Born in Venezuela to a family of Czech Jewish refugees, she grew up without knowing the full story of her father's survival in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia and Berlin during the Holocaust. Her debut book When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains (2020) reconstructs that story through her research into his wartime life, using documents, photographs, and letters discovered after his death. Read more →
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