Irma's Passport: One Woman, Two World Wars, and a Legacy of Courage

Golden-haired Irma grew up in Imperial Austria believing that wars and prejudice were fading—only to have her life upended and her identity challenged to the core by two world wars.

History confronts Irma time and again. Arch-Nazi Adolf Eichmann plays a twisted role in the fate of her prominent Jewish politician husband, Jakob Ehrlich, and her own escape from Vienna. After arriving with her son first in London and then in New York, Irma encounters a dazzling world of power elites, including...