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A woman discovering her Jewish roots. the Jewish past of Spain viscerally brings home the complex layers of history. The title leads the reader to believe that it is a book about Marranos and other secret Jews.

A woman discovering her Jewish roots. while at the same time discovering the still fearful heart of the Marranos, remnants of another persecution". -Lily Rivlin, director of "Conversos, The Secret Jews". Contributes to our common history with a very important and not very well-known chapter" more.

Trudi Alexy and her family fled Prague for Barcelona at the outbreak of World War II. They lived in Spain as secret Jews . Many Crypto-Jews live in Mexico and New Mexico today, their ancestors having arrived in the 1500's after the expulsion from Spain

Trudi Alexy and her family fled Prague for Barcelona at the outbreak of World War II. They lived in Spain as secret Jews until 1941, when they immigrated to the United States. Many Crypto-Jews live in Mexico and New Mexico today, their ancestors having arrived in the 1500's after the expulsion from Spain. The Inquisition follwed them to the New World, however, so they continued practicing the most minimal Jewish traditions, such as ritual prayer, in absolute secrecy.

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Bibliographic Details. Title: The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot: Marranos. Publisher: Backinprint. Publication Date: 2006. From the Back Cover: Acclaimed in the "Progressive's," "Best Reading of 1993," these thrilling and harrowing firsthand stories of survivors and their rescuers vividly reveal the secret history of the Jews who found asylum from Hitler's Final Solution under Franco's Fascist regime.

in the Madonna's Foot : Marranos and Other Secret Jews: A Woman Discovers Her Hidden Identity. The author was a holocust survivor and was so grateful and impressed with Spain that she felt compelled to go back to see if others felt the same.

The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot : Marranos and Other Secret Jews: A Woman Discovers Her Hidden Identity. Lot's of interviews in this book regarding that perticular era. What a twist for Spain!Excellent Read! 0.

Trudi Alexy, 1927-2004, was also the author of"The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot: Marranos and Other Secret Jews". Библиографические данные. The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot: Oral Histories Exploring Five Hundred Years in the Paradoxical Relationship of Spain and the Jews.

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The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot: Marranos and Other Secret Jews: A Woman Discovers Her Hidden Identity. Acclaimed in the "Progressive's", "Best Reading of 1993", these thrilling and harrowing firsthand stories of survivors and their rescuers vividly reveal the secret history of the Jews who found asylum from Hitler's Final Solution under Franco's Fascist regime. Trudi Alexy, 1927-2004, was also the author of"The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot: Marranos and Other Secret Jews".

Alexy’s book is built on all the themes Linhard sets out to address and question: nostalgia, identity, the need for narrative resolution, and a romantic vision of the converso. Linhard’s work on Memorias judías, a substantial and fascinating oral history of Jewish life in Barcelona compiled by Martine Bethelot, is also interesting.

Marrranos and other Secret Jews. Alexy's book is divided into five parts in which we hear the stories of Jews who escaped from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, France and other countries during the war and went to Spain

Marrranos and other Secret Jews. Alexy's book is divided into five parts in which we hear the stories of Jews who escaped from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, France and other countries during the war and went to Spain. Some of these Jews managed to escape before the war broke out and others were saved even from the clutches of concentration camps. Throughout, one is reminded of the bravery of the Spanish people-those who effected the rescues, as well as those Spanish citizens amongst whom the Jewish refugees found themselves.