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

• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (373 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.53/161
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Children - Germany; Children and war - Germany; World War, 1939-1945; Children - Germany
• Soggetto geografico: Germany Social conditions 1933-1945
• Altri autori: SamuelWolfgang W. E
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The war of our childhood
• ISBN: 1-62103-867-X; 1-283-36357-7; 9786613363572; 1-60473-137-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781812203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II