And in Wienerwald the trees are still standing

”This long­ing and des­per­a­tion is only height­ened by Asbrink’s deep research on the sys­temic anti­semitism in Swe­den at the time, as well as her gor­geous prose. Using unique­ly haunt­ing and beau­ti­ful lan­guage, Asbrink (and Vogel) con­vey the agony and hope­less­ness of one fam­i­ly ripped apart, as well as the over­pow­er­ing sense of doom blan­ket­ing Europe.”

Jewish Book Council

"Top-notch microcosmic World War II history and an excellent illustration of the immense power of the written word."

KIRKUS

"Åsbrink brings us a testimony, that must be remembered and is as urgent as unbearable."

Politiken

"In beautiful prose the author brings history of suffering to the present"

BT

"A masterpiece … The stack of letters from the war is in itself an unprecedented basis for a documentary work about the Jewish and Nazi atrocities. But Elisabeth Åsbrink is more than a journalist, more than an observing chronicler. She is a poet. Gently she weaves her own family’s fate, and her research into history. With the touch of a fiction writer she brings the over 70-years-old drama to new life. With a pen of a poet she revives a story that could have been forgotten. Page after page I´m impressed by Åsbrinks sence of language, her outstanding communication skills, her superior literary endowment."

VG

"A dramatic an masterly put togehter showdown with Swedish rasicm between the wars. (…) Åsbrinks book is more than very good, in the multicultural Norway it is also completley up to date."

NRK