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Letters From Berlin: A Story Of War, Survival, And The Redeeming Power Of Love And Friendship (2012)

by Kerstin Lieff(Favorite Author)

4.19 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0762777982 (ISBN13: 9780762777983)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Lyons Press

review 1: Marguerite Dos and her family moved to Berlin on the eve of WWII. She and her brother were caught up in the Hitler youth. She was not happy with what was happening, but she became a nurse hoping she could help the soldiers. She was horrified as the bombs reduced her home to rubble. Her humanity and love kept her going until the end, and she and her mother were on a train to Sweden but suddenly were rerouted to Russia. How she suffered for months as a prisoner there before her release makes one realize that many Germans suffered harshly because of Hitler's war. Not as much is written from this point of view and I recommend this book.
review 2: As I read this book, I couldn't help but compare it to Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken. Although the experiences of each pe... morerson depicted are extremely different, both texts do an amazing job of drawing you into the narrative and the horrors of this war. I think it's an important book because it's easy to demonize the entire German people during this time. The truth, as it tends to be, is far more complex. An absolute must read. less

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