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Willner, Nina, 1961-
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Willner, Nina, 1961-
Willner, Nina, 1961- -- Family
Women -- Germany (East) -- Biography
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 -- History
German Americans -- Biography
Women intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography
Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography
Germany (East) -- Biography
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Willner, Nina, 1961-
Willner, Nina, 1961-
Willner, Nina, 1961- -- Family
Women -- Germany (East) -- Biography
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 -- History
German Americans -- Biography
Women intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography
Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography
Germany (East) -- Biography
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Forty
autumns
: a
family
's
story
of
survival
and
courage
on
two
sides
of the
Berlin
Wall
/ Nina Willner.
by
Willner, Nina, 1961-
William Morrow, c2016
Call #:
929.20943 W738f
Subjects
Willner, Nina, 1961-
Willner, Nina, 1961- --
Family
Women -- Germany (East) -- Biography
Berlin
Wall
,
Berlin
, Germany, 1961-1989 -- History
German Americans -- Biography
Women intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography
Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography
Germany (East) -- Biography
ISBN:
9780062410313
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
391 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., (some col.), geneal. table, maps ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Maps on lining papers
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"In this illuminating and deeply moving memoir, a former American military intelligence officer goes beyond traditional Cold War espionage tales to tell the true
story
of her family--of five women separated by the Iron Curtain for more than
forty
years, and their miraculous reunion after the fall of the
Berlin
Wall
.
Forty
Autumns
makes visceral the pain and longing of one
family
forced to live apart in a world divided by
two
. At twenty, Hanna escaped from East to West Germany. But the price of freedom--leaving behind her parents, eight siblings, and
family
home--was heartbreaking. Uprooted, Hanna eventually moved to America, where she settled down with her husband and had children of her own. Growing up near Washington, D.C., Hanna'
s
daughter, Nina Willner became the first female Army intelligence officer to lead sensitive intelligence operations in East
Berlin
at the height of the Cold War. Though only a few miles separated American Nina and her German relatives--grandmother Oma, Aunt Heidi, and cousin, Cordula, a member of the East German Olympic training team--a bitter political war kept them apart. In
Forty
Autumns
, Nina recounts her
family
's story--five ordinary lives buffeted by circumstances beyond their control. She takes us deep into the tumultuous and terrifying world of East Germany under Communist rule, revealing both the cruel reality her relatives endured and her own experiences as an intelligence officer, running secret operations behind the
Berlin
Wall
that put her life at risk. A personal look at a tenuous era that divided a city and a nation, and continues to haunt us,
Forty
Autumns
is an intimate and beautifully written
story
of
courage
, resilience, and love--of five women whose spirits could not be broken, and who fought to preserve what matters most:
family
.
Forty
Autumns
is illustrated with dozens of black-and-white and color photographs" -- Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
Holds:
1
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Alderney Gate Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
929.20943 W738f
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Jul 10, 2024
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