Nightmares of an East Prussian Childhood A Memoir of the Russian Occupation 1st Edition by Ilse Stritzke, Bernie Stritzke 0786473541 9780786473540
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ISBN 10: 0786473541
ISBN 13: 9780786473540
Author: Ilse Stritzke; Bernie Stritzke
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.
Table of contents:
1. A Mother’s Regret
2. The Evacuation
3. Back to Palmnicken
4. The Second Evacuation
5. Omi’s Sacrifice
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 Breakdown
21. Gerd
22. The Engagement
23. The Voyage
24. Chicago
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