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Aimee and Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 Paperback - 2015

by Erica Fischer


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This powerful, poignant, and inspirational novel, a Lambda Literary Award winner, is the true story of two unlikely lovers set against World War II Berlin--a riveting chronicle of love, loyalty, and survival against all odds.

"A memorable, vivid, and intimate portrait." -- Entertainment Weekly

Berlin 1942. Lilly Wust, 29, married, four children, led a life as did millions of German women. But then she met the 21-year-old Felice Schragenheim.

It was love almost at first sight. Aime and Jaguar started forging plans for the future. They composed poems and love letters to each other, and wrote their own marriage contract. When Jaguar-Felice admitted to her lover that she was Jewish, this dangerous secret drew the two women even closer to one another. But their luck didn't last. On August 21, 1944, Felice was arrested and deported.

At the age of 80, Lilly Wust told her story to Erica Fischer, who turned it into a poignant testimony. After the book appeared in 1994 she was contacted by additional contemporaries of Aime and Jaguar, who offered new material that has been integrated into the present edition.

The book, translated into twenty languages, and the film based on it--directed by Max Frberbck, with Juliane Khler and Maria Schrader in the leading roles--have made Aime and Jaguar's story known around the world.

From the rear cover

Berlin 1942. Lilly Wust, twenty-nine, married, four children, led a life as did millions of German women. But then she met the twenty-one-year-old Felice Schragenheim.

It was love almost at first sight. Aimée (Lilly) and Jaguar (Felice) started forging plans for the future. They composed poems and love letters to each other, and wrote their own marriage contract. When Jaguar admitted to her lover that she was Jewish, this dangerous secret drew the two women even closer to each other. But their luck didn't last. On August 21, 1944, Jaguar was arrested and deported.

At the age of eighty, Lilly Wust told her story to Erica Fischer, who turned it into a poignant testimony. After the book appeared in 1994 she was contacted by additional contemporaries of Aimée and Jaguar who offered new material that has been integrated into the present edition.

The book, translated into twenty languages, and the film based on it--directed by Max Färberböck, with Juliane Köhler and Maria Schrader in the leading roles--have made Aimée and Jaguar's story known around the world.

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  • Title Aimee and Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943
  • Author Erica Fischer
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition TRA
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial
  • Date 2015-09-01
  • ISBN 9780062390370 / 0062390376
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 1 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: Germany
    • Cultural Region: Western Europe
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Sex & Gender: Lesbian
    • Topical: Inspiration
    • Topical: Lgbt
  • Library of Congress subjects Wust, Elisabeth, Schragenheim, Felice
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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