The Greatest Childhood in the Rubble in Berlin

About the Book

The author’s story is based on her life as she remembers it. It is set against the background of real historical events in WWII. Growing up during the last three years of the war in Berlin, the sirens, their endless flight on the trains out of and back to Berlin, became part of her life, there was no birthday party for the three year old and again the family was on the move, this time to live in a castle in Thuringia. All these events were accepted without questions or fear. In 1946 they returned to the old neighborhood which had become a rubble desert but soon transformed into the greatest childhood as her dying older sister insisted time again and again. Most names have been changed to protect the living. I owe a great debt to my father and mother who have answered my many questions and I included their stories in this book.

About the Author

The author was born in Berlin ..........divorced. For fifteen years she worked as a bi-lingual secretary for large European firms. After the birth of her fourth child she enrolled in college, got her B.A. summa cum laude and then her Master's. While still in her thirties she began writing poetry and her first unpublished novel "War Baby". She now devotes her time to writing and traveling.