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| My mother-in-law, Liselotte Marshall, who has died aged 93, held German, US and British nationalities but felt most comfortable with the idea of being “stateless”, a description that suited her abhorrence of nationalism. | My mother-in-law, Liselotte Marshall, who has died aged 93, held German, US and British nationalities but felt most comfortable with the idea of being “stateless”, a description that suited her abhorrence of nationalism. |
| Born in Giessen, Germany, to Klara (nee Mayer) and Siegfried Rosenberg, who ran an apple-wine business, she spent most of her childhood in the Swiss Alps at a clinic in Leysin, near Montreux, where she was treated for bone tuberculosis from the age of three. | Born in Giessen, Germany, to Klara (nee Mayer) and Siegfried Rosenberg, who ran an apple-wine business, she spent most of her childhood in the Swiss Alps at a clinic in Leysin, near Montreux, where she was treated for bone tuberculosis from the age of three. |
| During the summers she visited her family in Usingen, a small town where their business was based. Yet in many ways she adopted a Swiss identity: she spoke French with the clinic staff in Leysin and German at home. | During the summers she visited her family in Usingen, a small town where their business was based. Yet in many ways she adopted a Swiss identity: she spoke French with the clinic staff in Leysin and German at home. |
| Jewish by birth, in her teens she joined the Calvinist Swiss Reformed Church in keeping with the clinic’s practice. After suffering antisemitic abuse on a visit to Usingen in 1937, she was whisked back to Switzerland. Her parents’ business and home were appropriated shortly afterwards and they moved to nearby Frankfurt before fleeing, in 1941, to the US. | Jewish by birth, in her teens she joined the Calvinist Swiss Reformed Church in keeping with the clinic’s practice. After suffering antisemitic abuse on a visit to Usingen in 1937, she was whisked back to Switzerland. Her parents’ business and home were appropriated shortly afterwards and they moved to nearby Frankfurt before fleeing, in 1941, to the US. |
| Liselotte remained in Switzerland, working as a nursing assistant at the Leysin clinic before joining her parents in New York in 1946. She attended Hunter College in New York and, after graduating, gained a master’s degree in comparative literature at Yale. There she met her future husband, Peter Marshall, a doctoral student from Britain. | Liselotte remained in Switzerland, working as a nursing assistant at the Leysin clinic before joining her parents in New York in 1946. She attended Hunter College in New York and, after graduating, gained a master’s degree in comparative literature at Yale. There she met her future husband, Peter Marshall, a doctoral student from Britain. |
| In 1953 Peter and Liselotte moved to the UK, where they married. Peter had taken a job at Bristol University, and it was in Bristol that their children, Eleanor and Oliver, were born, and where Liselotte discovered an enduring passion for African literature. | In 1953 Peter and Liselotte moved to the UK, where they married. Peter had taken a job at Bristol University, and it was in Bristol that their children, Eleanor and Oliver, were born, and where Liselotte discovered an enduring passion for African literature. |
| The family moved for periods to California, back to Bristol, to Montreal and then to Manchester, where Peter joined the university and Liselotte threw herself into the world of antiques, buying items for resale to shops and individuals in Switzerland and the US. She also worked at times as an interior designer. In retirement she and Peter moved to Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, and then to London. | The family moved for periods to California, back to Bristol, to Montreal and then to Manchester, where Peter joined the university and Liselotte threw herself into the world of antiques, buying items for resale to shops and individuals in Switzerland and the US. She also worked at times as an interior designer. In retirement she and Peter moved to Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, and then to London. |
| Switzerland remained important to Liselotte, and it was the setting of her novel, Tongue-Tied, which she wrote in later life. Focusing on the character of Rachel, an interpreter who loses her power of speech after the breakdown of her marriage, the book drew on Liselotte’s life story, including the tuberculosis clinic, separation from her parents, experiences of antisemitism and her lifelong belief that nationalism could never be a positive force. The novel was published in German in 1997, then in French and finally in its original English. | Switzerland remained important to Liselotte, and it was the setting of her novel, Tongue-Tied, which she wrote in later life. Focusing on the character of Rachel, an interpreter who loses her power of speech after the breakdown of her marriage, the book drew on Liselotte’s life story, including the tuberculosis clinic, separation from her parents, experiences of antisemitism and her lifelong belief that nationalism could never be a positive force. The novel was published in German in 1997, then in French and finally in its original English. |
| Peter died in 2008. Liselotte is survived by Eleanor and Oliver and by her grandchildren, Jessica, Sam, Anneliese and George. | Peter died in 2008. Liselotte is survived by Eleanor and Oliver and by her grandchildren, Jessica, Sam, Anneliese and George. |
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