[NEW COURSE] A Bookshop in Berlin is a memoir written by a Polish Jewish woman who opens a French language bookshop in Berlin on the eve of World War II. The memoir covers her flight from Germany to Paris and on to the south of France. As the Vichy government comes under the German thumb, she has to cope with restrictions on her movements, deportation raids, and making harrowing decisions. Should she go to the legally required refugee check-ins? Admit to being a Jew? Escape to Switzerland? Hide with friends? We will read and discuss the book and make comparisons between her story and that of other refugees, including those currently residing in the US.  Discussion, Reading