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A Woman In Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City
A Woman In Berlin Eight Weeks in the Conquered City
Author: Anonymous, Philip Boehm (Translator)
With shocking and vivid detail, the journal of a woman living through the Russian occupation of Berlin in 1945 tells of the shameful indignities to which women in a conquered city are always subject and describes the common experience of millions.
ISBN-13: 9780739466001
ISBN-10: 0739466003
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 261
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  • Currently 4.7/5 Stars.
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4.7 stars, based on 17 ratings
Publisher: Metropolitan / Henry Holt
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 3
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An excellent book! We know more about the end of World War II from the Allies point of view than from any other. Here is a diary kept by a woman living in East Berlin during the end times of the war. She survives the bombing only to have to endure the brutal occupation by Russian forces. She is an exceptionally strong person!
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Trinity7202 avatar reviewed A Woman In Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City on + 25 more book reviews
A terrific WWII story about a woman surviving however she can when Russian troops invaded Berlin. It isnt a pretty story but one that is very important.
readinginmysleep avatar reviewed A Woman In Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City on + 9 more book reviews
This is not the usual WWII story. The author is straight forward and writes in a way that lefts you know of the suffering she and others endured without making it sappy or overly graphic. This isn't a plea for sympathy for the German people, just a narrative of what happened to one Berliner. I had always known that when the Russian army occupied Berlin that they were hard on the women there. I had no idea it was this bad.
ilovebooksanddogs avatar reviewed A Woman In Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City on + 356 more book reviews
This was a fascinating read...not quite what I expected it to be. It is a very personal journal of one womans experience during the war. One of the best books I have ever read.


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