When Mimi visits Copenhagen with her husband and small children, her hands shake as she searches for Viggo’s name in the phone directory. Will he want to see her?This is the true story of a Jewish girl born in Hungary a few years after the end of World War II. She flees to Denmark with her parents during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and at the age of 15, falls in love with a boy, Viggo. Their lov...
Mimi Wellisch - Once upon a love
Once upon a love
A chance encounter in Copenhagen
Mimi Wellisch
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When Mimi visits Copenhagen with her husband and small children, her hands shake as she searches for Viggo’s name in the phone directory. Will he want to see her?This is the true story of a Jewish girl born in Hungary a few years after the end of World War II. She flees to Denmark with her parents during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and at the age of 15, falls in love with a boy, Viggo. Their love spans continents, impossible lives, marriages and beyond. Meeting her soulmate is just the beginning, because this love is all-consuming, intimate and transformative.