Books The Terrible Truth About ‘The East’ In this exclusive extract from her new book, The Writing on the Wall, Juliet Rieden searches for the Czech relatives she never knew she had and uncovers a personal family massacre of epic proportions. By Juliet Rieden Books In this exclusive extract from her new book, The Writing on the Wall, Juliet Rieden searches for the Czech relatives she never knew she had and uncovers a personal family massacre of epic proportions. By Juliet Rieden Previous article A Friendly Reminder To Get Outside Next article ‘It’s Not Just People Talking About Books, These Are Human Stories’: Marieke Hardy I’d never believed I would make the journey to Auschwitz. This place wasn’t part of my story, or so I thought. But as soon as I discover that after so nearly making it to the end of the war, Felix Rieden, my father’s uncle, had been sent to Auschwitz, I knew I had to go.Then, as the truth about my family tumbles out of the archives ‘Osvětim’ – the Czech name for Auschwitz – appears with a deafening finality on dossier after dossier, I realise how intrinsic this dark, dark town in Poland is to our family footprint. This is an edited extract from The Writing on the Wall by Juliet Rieden, foreword by Magda Szubanski, published by Pan Macmillan Australia. On sale now. makingbooksgreatagain Best Of Future Women Culture “Never an excuse”: Why Katrina still can’t stand the smell of bourbon By Sally Spicer Culture Janine never thought divorce would mean losing her family and friends By Sally Spicer Culture “Invisible victims”: Why Conor was forced to live in an unsafe home By Sally Spicer Culture Miranda*’s mothers group helped her escape abuse. Then the stalking began By Sally Spicer Culture “We can’t change this on our own” By Melanie Dimmitt Culture “Marching forward means ensuring all our voices are heard” By Melanie Dimmitt Culture Dr Ann O’Neill’s husband committed “the ultimate act of revenge” By Sally Spicer Culture The question victim-survivors like me are tired of being asked By Geraldine Bilston Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.
