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A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary |
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Amazon Sales Rank: 7020
Publication Date: 2006-07-11
Release Date: 2006-07-11
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 0312426119
Type: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 288
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her apartment building and among its residents. "With bald honesty and brutal lyricism" (Elle), the anonymous author depicts her fellow Berliners in all their humanity, as well as their cravenness, corrupted first by hunger and then by the Russians. "Spare and unpredictable, minutely observed and utterly free of self-pity" (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland), A Woman in Berlin tells of the complex relationship between civilians and an occupying army and the shameful indignities to which women in a conquered city are always subject--the mass rape suffered by all, regardless of age or infirmity.
A Woman in Berlin stands as "one of the essential books for understanding war and life" (A. S. Byatt, author of Possession).
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Review: 2008-12-21
Haunting book
This is one of the best books I have read about what German girls and women had to endure when the Russians arrived. Yes, the German soldiers may have done some of the same things when they were conquering Russia, but that does not make it right. These were our allies and I think it was basically shoved under the rug in the interests of pacifying Russia and keeping the peace at the end of WWII. Much like the suffering of the Jews of Europe was ignored/discounted until the end of the war, when everyone rose up with indignation.
This is a sad and harrowing account of trying to survive first few months. I have read other books in this same genre before and since - this one haunts me the most.
Review: 2008-11-04
Moving and Raw
I no more got through the first chapter and knew that this was going to be a great read. The writing is effortlessly fluid and descriptive. The story is supposedly the memoir of a German women living in Berlin during War World II (the last part of WWII). She talks of her struggles to stay alive. As I mentioned before the book is incredibly depictive, and there for stirring at times. She does what she has to in order to keep food in her belly, a roof over her head, and clothes on her back - which includes befriending and bedding several Russians. This book is not for the faint of heart - she goes into detail about the violence, rape, and abuse that took place during the end of the war in Berlin. I found the book to be educational and a deferent point of view on WWII.
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