Full of Magic: The Stolen Legacy Of Eugène Marais

By Aram Alcalay (Please Welcome a New Writer)

By Aram Alcalay

“When Weiner was a boy in Sunnyside one of the most thrilling of events was the sight of Eugène Marais — dignified, dressed always in immaculate white — walking down towards the river in the evening. It was a signal to all the children along the street. They came piling out of yards and gardens and upstairs rooms to follow Marais to the r…