. For the American poet and artist, see Ruth weiss. For the musician, see Ruth Dolores Weiss. Ruth Weiss focuses on anti-racism in all its forms. She is a well-known anti-apartheid journalist and activist, exiled by South Africa and Rhodesia for her writings. She is based in the UK and Germany and writes in both English and German. Her young adult, historical fiction reflects her battles against racism in Germany and Africa. ?My Sister Sara" tells of a four-year old, blonde German war orphan patriotically adopted in 1948 by an Afrikaner parliamentarian who sympathises with the Nazis. The family, a good family, falls in love with the child. When her papers arrive from the orphanage six months later, Pa discovers that Sara's roots are tainted; hate rips through the family. The rejected child only has two options: depression or rebellion. It was selected as compulsory matriculation reading in the German state of Baden-W�rttemberg in 2007. ?Mitzi's Wedding": a young German aristocrat defies convention to become a musician in the heady days of Berlin in the 20s and 30s. Charming and exuberant, she braves the mesmerising ascent of Nazi Germany to marry one of the three men who love her. [More at Wikipedia]

July 26th, 1924 in Fürth  /  Died:   Jul 30th, 2020 - aged 92