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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451966403321

Titolo

The war of our childhood [[electronic resource] ] : memories of World War II / / [reported by] Wolfgang W.E. Samuel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2002

ISBN

1-283-36357-7

9786613363572

1-60473-137-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SamuelWolfgang W. E

Disciplina

940.53/161

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Children - Germany

Children and war - Germany

World War, 1939-1945

Children - Germany

Electronic books.

Germany Social conditions 1933-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part I: War from the Sky; Part II: War on the Ground; Part III: Other Dimensions of War; Epilogue; Explanation of Terms; Index

Sommario/riassunto

One survivor tells of the fire bombing of Dresden. Another recounts the pervasive fear of marauding Russian and Czech bandits raping and killing. Children recall fathers who were only photographs and mothers who were saviors and heroes.   These are typical in the stories collected in The War of Our Childhood: Memories of World War II. For this book Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, a childhood refugee himself after the fall of Nazi Germany, interviewed twenty-seven men and women who as children--by chance and sheer resilience--survived Allied bombs, invading armies, hunger, and chaos.   ""O