Samuel Wolfgang W. E. German Boy: A Refugee S Story 9781578062744

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Автор: Samuel Wolfgang W. E.
Название: German Boy: A Refugee S Story
ISBN: 9781578062744
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Биографии исторических, политических и военных деятелей

История Европы

ISBN-10: 1578062748
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 374
Вес: 0.82 кг.
Дата издания: 07.06.2012
Серия: Willie morris books in memoir and biography
Язык: English
Размер: 23.75 x 16.61 x 3.38 cm
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: A refugee`s story
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: A refugee childs witness to Nazi defeat, Soviet occupation, and his familys debacle in war What was the experience of war for a child in bombed and ravaged Germany? In this memoir the voice of innocence is heard. This is great stuff, exclaims Stephen E. Ambrose. I love this book. In this gripping account a boy and his mother are wrenched from their tranquil lives to forge a path through the storm of war and the rubble of its aftermath. In the past there has been a spectrum of books and films that share other German World War II experiences. However, told from the perspective of a ten-year-old, this book is rare. The boy and his mother must prevail over hunger and despair, or die. In the Third Reich young Wolfgang Samuel and his family are content but alone. The father, a Luftwaffe officer, is away fighting the Allies in the West. In 1945 as Berlin and nearby communities crumble, young Wolfgang, his mother Hedy, and little sister Ingrid flee the advancing Russian army. They have no inkling of the chaos ahead. In Strasburg, a small town north of Berlin where they find refuge, Wolfgang begins to comprehend the evils the Nazi regime brought to Germany. As the Reich collapses, mother, son, and daughter flee again just ahead of the Russian charge. In the chaos of defeat they struggle to find food and shelter. Death stalks the primitive camps that are their temporary havens, and the child becomes the family provider. Under the crushing responsibility Wolfgang becomes his mothers and sisters mainstay. When they return to Strasburg, the Communists in control are as brutal as the Nazis. In the violent atmosphere of arbitrary arrest, rape, hunger, and fear, the boy and his mother persist. Pursued by Communist police through a fierce blizzard, they escape to the West, but even in the English zone, the constant search for food, warmth, and shelter dominates their lives, and the mothers sacrifices become the boys nightmares. Although this is a time of deepest despair, Wolfgang hangs on to the thinnest thread of hope. In June 1948 with the arrival of the Americans flying the Berlin Airlift, Wolfgang begins a new journey. Wolfgang W. E. Samuel was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC at the University of Colorado and is a graduate of the National War College. He served in the U.S. Air Force for thirty years until his retirement in 1985 as a colonel. His writing has been published in several military journals, including Parameters, the U.S. Army War College quarterly.

German Boy: A Refugee S Story, Samuel Wolfgang W. E.