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The war of our childhood : memories of World War II / [reported by] Wolfgang W.E. Samuel.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Children--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Children and war--Germany.
- Children and war.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, German.
- Social conditions.
- Germany.
- Germany--Social conditions--1939-1945.
- Children--Germany--Biography.
- Children.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- German.
- Biographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2002]
- Summary:
- One survivor tells of the fire bombing of Dresden. Another recounts the pervasive fear of marauding Russian and Czech bandits raping and killing. Children recall fathers who were only photographs and mothers who were saviors and heroes.
- These are typical in the stories collected in The War of Our Childhood: Memories of World War II. For this book Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, a childhood refugee himself after the fall of Nazi Germany, interviewed twenty-seven men and women who as children -- by chance and sheer resilience -- survived Allied bombs, invading armies, hunger, and chaos.
- Contents:
- Part I War from the Sky 3
- Dresden, Saxony / Ingrid Frohberg 6
- Kassel, Hesse / Helga Schaefer 17
- Wurzburg, Bavaria / Hubertus Thiel 26
- Leuna, Saxony / Wolf Staglich 34
- Arneburg, Saxony-Anhalt / Rita Nille, Ingrid Nille 53
- Berlin / Christa Glowalla 67
- Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate / Siegrid Mayer 80
- Koln, Northrhine-Westfalia / Karl Kremer 91
- Westerburg, Rhineland-Palatinate / Ina Hesse 101
- Remagen, Rhineland-Palatinate / Hans Herzmann 112
- Part II War on the Ground 127
- Landau, Lower Silesia (Poland) / Annelies Sorofka 130
- Gut Borowki, Wartheland (Poland) / Bernd Heinrich 148
- Domnau, East Prussia (Poland) / Karl Brach 161
- Konigsberg, East Prussia (Russia) / Irmgard Broweleit 177
- Ortelsburg, East Prussia (Poland) / Arnold Bieber 194
- Stuhm, East Prussia (Poland) / Goetz Oertel 206
- Weisstein, Upper Silesia (Poland) / Fred Rother 223
- Posen, Wartheland (Poland) / Dieter Hahn 238
- Potsdam, Brandenburg / Arnim Kruger 250
- Berlin / Helgard Seifert 263
- Wuppertal, Northrhine-Westfalia / Erich Abshoff 278
- Wollup, Brandenburg / Johann Koppe 285
- Part III Other Dimensions of War 299
- Komotau, Czech Republic / Heinz Loquai 302
- Prague, Czech Republic / Hans-Peter Haupt 314
- Eilenburg, Saxony-Anhalt / Etta Krecker 329
- Zwickau, Saxony / Regina Demetrio 335.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1578064821
- OCLC:
- 49681620
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