The War of Our Childhood: Memories of World War II

by Samuel, Wolfgang W. E.

• ISBN13: 9781578064823
• ISBN10: 1578064821
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Mississippi

Summary

Written by survivors of the war, these accounts bear witness to the unimaginable horrors German children endured during World War II. 26 photos.

Author Biography

Wolfgang W. E. Samuel, a retired colonel in the U.S. Air Force

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	xi
Part I: War from the Sky	3	(124)
Dresden, Saxony	6	(11)
Ingrid Frohberg
Kassel, Hesse	17	(9)
Helga Schaefer
Wurzburg, Bavaria	26	(8)
Hubertus Thiel
Leuna, Saxony	34	(19)
Wolf Staglich
Ameburg, Saxony-Anhalt	53	(14)
Rita
Ingrid Nille
Berlin	67	(13)
Christa Glowalla
Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate	80	(11)
Siegrid Mayer
Koln, Northrhine-Westfalia	91	(10)
Karl Kremer
Westerburg, Rhineland-Palatinate	101	(11)
Ina Hesse
Remagen, Rhineland-Palatinate	112	(15)
Hans Herzmann
Part II: War on the Ground	127	(172)
Landau, Lower Silesia (Poland)	130	(18)
Annelies Sorofka
Gut Borowki, Wartheland (Poland)	148	(13)
Bernd Heinrich
Domnau, East Prussia (Poland)	161	(16)
Karl Brach
Konigsberg, East Prussia (Russia)	177	(17)
Irmgard Broweleit
Ortelsburg, East Prussia (Poland)	194	(12)
Arnold Bieber
Stuhm, East Prussia (Poland)	206	(17)
Goetz Oertel
Weisstein, Upper Silesia (Poland)	223	(15)
Fred Rother
Posen, Wartheland (Poland)	238	(12)
Dieter Hahn
Potsdam, Brandenburg	250	(13)
Arnim Kruger
Berlin	263	(15)
Helgard Seifert
Wuppertal, Northrhine-Westfalia	278	(7)
Erich Abshoff
Wollup, Brandenburg	285	(14)
Johann Koppe
Part III: Other Dimensions of War	299	(44)
Komotau, Czech Republic	302	(12)
Heinz Loquai
Prague, Czech Republic	314	(15)
Hans-Peter Haupt
Eilenburg, Saxony-Anhalt	329	(6)
Etta Krecker
Zwickau, Saxony	335	(8)
Regina Demetrio
Epilogue	343	(6)
Explanation of Terms	349	(4)
Index	353