This book is about a young girl that lives in Nazi Occupied Germany during WW2 and is greatly affected by the war. She is not Jewish but lives on a farm and her Mother is forced to "keep" prisoners of war on their farm to work. She meets many different characters throughout the story, very well written and a very fresh perspective. Enjoyable!!!!!
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Tilli's Story : My Thoughts Are Free
Tilli's Story My Thoughts Are Free
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“This compelling memoir of a German girl's bitter, frightening life reveals the horrors visited upon an average family caught between two of the cruelest dictators in history…. The small, poignant touches are riveting.” —Kirkus Discoveries I think about what I want and what makes me happy, — But orderly and quietly t... more » The beautiful, safe, joyful places in young Tilli’s imagination were her only refuge from the bombing that tore through the sky above her during World War II. Her thoughts were her only freedom from Hitler’s Nazi tyranny, and they were her strength to survive after the war ended, when Russians invaded her tiny farming village in eastern Germany; forced her into months of hiding in a dark attic crawlspace; and took her innocence, her childhood, and nearly her life. Tilli’s dreams—of a time when she could think and act freely, and travel, work, write, worship, and live however she wished—were what fueled the sixteen-year-old to courageously and single-handedly escape the terror of Stalin’s harsh Communist rule and create her own happy ending in a free America. This true tale of sorrow and terror, hope and triumph, is Tilli’s story—but it’s also the story of the unthinkable suffering and untold bravery of countless innocent children who have lived through a war and its aftermath.
Author:
“This compelling memoir of a German girl's bitter, frightening life reveals the horrors visited upon an average family caught between two of the cruelest dictators in history…. The small, poignant touches are riveting.” —Kirkus Discoveries I think about what I want and what makes me happy, — But orderly and quietly t... more » The beautiful, safe, joyful places in young Tilli’s imagination were her only refuge from the bombing that tore through the sky above her during World War II. Her thoughts were her only freedom from Hitler’s Nazi tyranny, and they were her strength to survive after the war ended, when Russians invaded her tiny farming village in eastern Germany; forced her into months of hiding in a dark attic crawlspace; and took her innocence, her childhood, and nearly her life. Tilli’s dreams—of a time when she could think and act freely, and travel, work, write, worship, and live however she wished—were what fueled the sixteen-year-old to courageously and single-handedly escape the terror of Stalin’s harsh Communist rule and create her own happy ending in a free America. This true tale of sorrow and terror, hope and triumph, is Tilli’s story—but it’s also the story of the unthinkable suffering and untold bravery of countless innocent children who have lived through a war and its aftermath.
ISBN-13: 9781583480724
ISBN-10: 1583480722
Publication Date: 9/29/2005
Pages: 302
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ISBN-10: 1583480722
Publication Date: 9/29/2005
Pages: 302
Rating: ?
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Publisher: iUniverse Star
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Genres:
- Biographies & Memoirs >> General
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Historical >> General
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Historical >> Holocaust
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Specific Groups >> Women
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Memoirs
