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Saskia Vogel

Biography

Saskia Vogel

Saskia Vogel is from Los Angeles and lives in Berlin, where she works as a writer and Swedish-to-English literary translator. Her 2019 debut novel, PERMISSION, has been translated into four languages. She has written on themes of gender, power and the art of translation for publications such as Granta, The White Review, The Offing and The Paris Review Daily. Her translations include work by Lina Wolff, Katrine Marçal, Karolina Ramqvist, Johannes Anyuru and the modernist eroticist Rut Hillarp.

Saskia Vogel

Books by Saskia Vogel

And in the Vienna Woods the Trees Remain: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Family Torn Apart by War
written by Elisabeth Åsbrink, translated by Saskia Vogel - History, Nonfiction

Otto Ullman, a Jewish boy, was sent from Austria to Sweden right before the outbreak of World War II. There he became best friends with Ingvar Kamprad, who would grow up to become the founder of IKEA. Despite the huge Swedish resistance to Jews, the 13-year-old Otto was granted permission to enter Sweden --- all in accordance with the Swedish archbishop's secret plan to save Jews on condition that they converted to Christianity. With thorough research, including personal files initiated by the predecessor to today's Swedish Security Service (SÄPO) and more than 500 letters, Elisabeth Åsbrink illustrates how Swedish society was infused with anti-Semitism and how families are shattered by war and asylum politics.