THE. JOURNEY A MEMOIR

In this time of great tension between the harsh Communist East and the

Western World , 1961,the coldest time of the Cold War, a young Jewish

woman emigrates from Communist Romania to “free” Paris, the culture

capital of Europe .She has been threatened and persecuted in Romania

and she is happy to fly to Paris, the city of her dreams. But her sense of

danger and insecurity follows her to the West and places her in a precarious

situation: she has been stripped of her citizenship, she is stateless, she has

no passport, no money, and is not permitted to work. She is in danger of

deportation. In addition this is the time when the building of the Berlin

Wall begins. Informed people speak about mobilization of the Armed

Forces and a possible World War III.

In spite of this, the heroine’s passionate love for Paris, for its beauty and

freedom makes this trip deeply meaningful.