Clara’s Secret by Stephan Frenkel

Stephen Frenkel WMS Class of 1971 has written this new wonderful book published in 2023 and available on Amazon (click here). Here’s a review by Christopher Knowlton:

It will come as no surprise to his friends that Stephan Frenkel has written, designed, and published a beautifully crafted volume that might be described as a piece of literary Lalique. His chronicle tells the story of his paternal grandmother growing up in Berlin during the marvelous cultural apotheosis known as the Belle Époque. He intersperses this tale with her escape, years later, from the nightmare of the Holocaust, carrying with her the iconic photo album that inspired his book. Frenkel, a self-described “accidental author,” juggles his narrative with aplomb. And if all that were not enough, he has built a website (at www.laevnotes.com) full of vivid images that illustrate his text.