The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot

These thrilling and harrowing first-hand stories of fellow-survivors and their Spanish rescuers vividly reveal the unknown history of the Jews who found asylum from Hitler's Final Solution under Franco's Fascist regime. <p>Originally published in hard cover by Simon and Schuster and by Harper/San Francisco in paperback it was acclaimed as one of <I>The Progressive's BEST READING OF 1993</I> and won an award from the <I>Jewish Book Council</I> in the category of <I>Memoir and Biography</I>. It is the first volume of Alexy's <I>HIDDEN IDENTITIES TRILOGY</I> followed in 2003 by <I>THE MARRANO LEGACY</I> and in 2005 by <I>IN SEARCH OF FORGIVENESS</I> recounting her own search for her lost Jewish heritage.</p>