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The Mousetrap (2000)

by ruth hanka eigner(Favorite Author)

3.99 of 5 Votes: 2

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review 1: This book does two great things: provides a unique perspective on WWII (Ruth is a German-speaking, non-Czech (Sorry, I read it awhile ago and don't remember which nation she identified with) living in (at that time) Czechoslovakia and showcases some excellent writing. I was very impressed with this book. I like reading about how nations and people other than Germany and Germans were affected by WWII (no disrespect intended) and this absolutely fits the bill. If you are skeptical about reading "another memoir about WWII" - I strongly recommend giving this one a chance.
review 2: Another first-hand pespective I wasn't familiar with from this part of the world we're presently living in, mostly the first few years after the end of WWII. The author, Ruth Hanka is a... more young German woman living with her parents in Czechoslovakia. Her memoir tells of how after the war, the Czechs turned on German families within their borders, doing to them what the Germans did to the Czechoslovakians during the war. She tells of her family's eventual attempt to get out of their beloved Czechosloviakia and sneak into Germany before the Russians turned their county into a communist prison. less

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