Ilse Stritzke, Bernie Stritzke

Nightmares of an East Prussian Childhood

A Memoir of the Russian Occupation

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Produktbeschreibung

The mother of 11 year old Ilse Glaus turned down the last plane out of East Prussia ahead of the advancing Russians in order to stay back with her aged parents. That decision cost her family dearly in wartorn Europe, 1945. Ilse grew up on a small farm, with a wonderful family, the woods as a playground and the beaches of the Baltic. Then turmoil followed the German defeat by the Russians and the subsequent occupation. In 31 months under the Russians, Ilse's family is driven from their home, she mourns her missing father, witnesses her mother's rape, sees her grandparents and baby brother succumb to the brutal conditions, and hears of her oldest sister's capture and death in a work prison. Fighting starvation, Ilse crafts ways to coexist with the Russians, scavenging, begging and stealing to help the family survive.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9780786473540
• ISBN-10: 0786473541
• Artikelnr.: 36596129

Autorenporträt

Ilse Stritzke lives in East Troy, Wisconsin. Bernie Stritzke lives in East Troy, Wisconsin.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments by Bernie Stritzke Preface by Bernie Stritzke Preface by Ilse Stritzke (née Glaus) Introduction by Bernie Stritzke
1.
A Mother's Regret
2.
The Evacuation
3.
Back to Palmnicken
4.
The Second Evacuation
5.
Omi's Sacri
ce
6.
Desperate Times
7.
The Commandant's Assault
8.
The Statue
9.
Attempted Kidnap 10.
The White Horse 11.
The First Winter 12.
Off to Goldbach 13.
Then, Five Women 14.
Three Dead Soldiers 15.
A Stolen Potato 16.
A Sparrow Falls 17.
An End in Sight 18.
The Expulsion 19.
In Germany 20.
Mutti's Meltdown 21.
Gerd 22.
The Engagement 23.
The Voyage 24.
Chicago Appendix: Maps and a Brief History of the Region Chapter Notes Index