03155nam 2200625Ia 450 991045223410332120200520144314.01-282-91727-797866129172711-60473-134-6(CKB)1000000000484957(EBL)619197(OCoLC)290537359(SSID)ssj0000162290(PQKBManifestationID)11161385(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000162290(PQKBWorkID)10201252(PQKB)11259898(MiAaPQ)EBC619197(OCoLC)826512682(MdBmJHUP)muse13585(Au-PeEL)EBL619197(CaPaEBR)ebr10218385(EXLCZ)99100000000048495720000119d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGerman boy[electronic resource] a refugee's story /Wolfgang W.E. Samuel ; with a foreword by Stephen E. AmbroseJackson University Press of Mississippic20001 online resource (374 p.)Willie Morris Books in Memoir and BiographyContinued by: Coming to Colorado.1-57806-274-8 Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 January 1945; Chapter 2 Flight from Sagan; Chapter 3 The Train; Chapter 4 161 Schönhauser Allee, Berlin; Chapter 5 A Town Called Strasburg; Chapter 6 A Brave German Soldier; Chapter 7 The Face of Death; Chapter 8 Surrender; Maps; Chapter 9 The Americans; Chapter 10 The Russians; Chapter 11 Messenger of Death; Chapter 12 The List; Chapter 13 A Winter Nightmare; Chapter 14 Summer 1946; Chapter 15 Escape to the West; Chapter 16 The Trauen Barracks; Chapter 17 Refugee Life; Chapter 18 Winter of Despair; Chapter 19 Return of the AmericansChapter 20 Sergeant Leo FergusonChapter 21 Baker's Apprentice; Chapter 22 Looking West; EpilogueA refugee child's witness to Nazi defeat, Soviet occupation, and his family's 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 tenWillie Morris Books in Memoir and BiographyWorld War, 1939-1945GermanyWorld War, 1939-1945RefugeesGermany (East)Social conditionsElectronic books.World War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Refugees.940.54/8143/092Samuel Wolfgang W. E859029MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452234103321German boy2287137UNINA