THE ARKS: the Low-Beer story behind Schindler’s List and Villa Tugendhat

by Daniel Low-Beer

The Low-Beer Story behind Schindler's List and Villa Tugendhat - the dark and light of European history. “Arks is the captivating tale of family escapes and ultimate return to an ancestral place. It throws new light on Oskar Schindler in Moravia.” – Thomas Keneally, Booker Prize winner for Schindler’s Ark. “A stream of stories built on a vision of justice and love of life, shattered by evil. Shared with authenticity and heart.”– Eva Lustigová, daughter of Arnošt Lustig.The book follows the journey of my name. It is the story of two successive escapes from the Jewish ghettos to freedom. The first escape is of the Jews from the ghettos into the center of European culture, from 1848 to 1938. The Jews, with a Moses instinct for freedom, built a promised land of a radically modern Jewish way of life in the heart of Europe.They could not settle there. In 1938 this culture is shattered, and the Jews are sent back to the ghettos. The Low-Beer factory is stolen by the Nazis and becomes Schindler’s Ark, a concentration camp where 1200 Jews are saved (in Spielberg’s Oscar winning film Schindler’s List).Arks is the journey of the survival of a name. It is a journey of survival and freedom. The story shows how quickly discrimination can break Europe apart and asks how we would respond now. Follow your name and find out who you and your family are. All proceeds go to saving Schindler's Ark.

197 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 1, 2021