The Sun and Her Stars

by Donna Rifkind

  Darling Vick, when I think of my youth in Sambor…under the supervision of my Niania: SV to Vicky Schulberg, May 8, 1976.

  I also remember the peacocks promenading in the garden: SV to Vicky Schulberg, March 17, 1971.

  When I remember the beach in Santa Monica…and melting into the foam of the waves: Tagebuch, September 5, 1962, DLAM.

  In 1921 I was bringing the children to Dresden from Wychylowka…so much jam that my boys were covered in raspberries: KOS, p. 97.

  Telegram to Fred Zinnemann in London from Klosters, October 27, 1978: Peter Viertel to Fred Zinnemann, Fred Zinnemann papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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