from university with whom she will share , in love , the first months of her stay in Paris . The young woman lives expatriation with the romantic unconsciousness typical of her young age , perhaps because she is in love , or simply because she is sure of returning to Berlin soon , Ursula Hirschmann portrait | © European Union , 1995-2021 convinced of Ritratto di Ursula Hirschmann | © Unione Europea , 1995-2021 what the left party was preaching , “ that Hitler would not last long ” 2 . On the other hand , that step out of Germany will be irreversible . 1933 is the year in which Hitler ’ s grim racial policy takes shape with the promulgation of the first racial laws and Ursula ’ s mother , worried , invites her two expatriate children not to return to Germany .
In Paris , Ursula spends time with anti-fascist and anti-Nazi exiles ; she turns away disappointed from social democracy ; she
2 . U . Hirschmann , Noi senzapatria , Bologna , Il Mulino , p . 107 .
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