Nightmares of an East Prussian Childhood: A Memoir of the Russian Occupation - Brossura

Stritzke, Ilse

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0786473541 ISBN 13: 9780786473540

Casa editrice: McFarland Publishing, 2013

Riassunto

The mother of 11 year old Ilse Glaus turned down the last plane out of East Prussia ahead of the advancing Russians in order to stay back with her aged parents. That decision cost her family dearly in wartorn Europe, 1945. Ilse grew up on a small farm, with a wonderful family, the woods as a playground and the beaches of the Baltic. Then turmoil followed the German defeat by the Russians and the subsequent occupation. In 31 months under the Russians, Ilse’s family is driven from their home, she mourns her missing father, witnesses her mother’s rape, sees her grandparents and baby brother succumb to the brutal conditions, and hears of her oldest sister’s capture and death in a work prison. Fighting starvation, Ilse crafts ways to coexist with the Russians, scavenging, begging and stealing to help the family survive.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Ilse Stritzke lives in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Bernie Stritzke lives in East Troy, Wisconsin.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McFarland Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0786473541
• ISBN 13: 9780786473540
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192