A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (500 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071VBXCZT |
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| Number of Pages | : | 397 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Woman in Berlin stands as "one of the essential books for understanding war and life" (AS Byatt, author of Possession).. "Spare and unpredictable, minutely observed and utterly free of self-pity" (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland), A Woman in Berlin tells of the complex World War II relationship between civilians and an occupying army and the shameful indignities to which women in a conquered city are always subject - the mass rape suffered by all, regardless of age or infirmity. For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her apartment building and among its residents. "With bald honesty and brutal lyricism" (Elle), the anonymous author depicts her fellow Berliners in all their humanity as well as their cravenness, corrupted first by hunger and then by the Russians. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
"A story which needs to be remembered" according to Amazon Customer. One of the most powerful books I've ever read. It tells a heartbreaking story of a young German woman, who has to go through the hell of the Soviet occupation of Berlin. This is the story which most people still prefer to just forget about and pretend th. What it was like for an ordinary woman in Berlin during WWII This is an outstanding book that makes it possible to understand what Germans went through in Berlin as British and American bombers slowly but surely turned the city to rubble. More especially, it give insight into what German women experienced when the. Doctor.Generosity said Powerful testimony. This is a rare documentation of civilians in wartime, in defeat and at the mercy of an occupying army. I became interested in the book after first seeing the movie (of the same title) made from it. The movie is excellent, but the book is far better, a ma