Felicitas von Aretin
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Felicitas von Aretin

Felicitas von Aretin completed her PhD in contemporary history at the European University Institute in Florence. She then went on to work as a journalist for Tagesspiegel, WELT, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and worked as a press officer in the communications departments of major research institutions such as Freie Universität Berlin and the Max Planck Society. Today, she manages the office of the history marketing agency hpunkt kommunikation, and works as a journalist and author. She lives with her family in Munich.
Felicitas von Aretin completed her PhD in contemporary history at the European University Institute in Florence. She then went on to work as a journalist for Tagesspiegel, WELT, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and worked as a press officer in the communications departments of major research institutions such as Freie Universität Berlin and the Max Planck Society. Today, she manages the office of the history marketing agency hpunkt kommunikation, and works as a journalist and author. She lives with her family in Munich.

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The Woman with the Scalpel
Year of Publication: 2026
Felicitas von AretinYear of Publication: 2026

The Woman with the Scalpel

Wrocław, Berlin, Paris, New York – four cities, one Jewish family, five generations. At the centre, the cosmetic surgeon Edith Peritz, born in 1897, the first woman in just about everything she does: in her hiking club, at medical school, in the operating theatre, or as the pioneer of plastic surgery.

Around her, a sprawling Jewish family whose fate is intricately intertwined with the...