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O'Donnell, Svenja.
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Irmen, Inge.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Königsberg.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Russia (Federation) -- Kaliningrad (Kaliningradska︠i︡a oblastʹ, Russia).
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Russia (Federation) -- Kaliningrad (Kaliningradska︠i︡a oblastʹ, Russia).
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Personal narratives.
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O'Donnell, Svenja.
Irmen, Inge.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Königsberg.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Russia (Federation) -- Kaliningrad (Kaliningradska︠i︡a oblastʹ, Russia).
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Russia (Federation) -- Kaliningrad (Kaliningradska︠i︡a oblastʹ, Russia).
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Personal narratives.
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Inge
's
war
: a
German
woman'
s
story
of
family
,
secrets
, and
survival
under
Hitler
/ Svenja O'Donnell.
by
O'Donnell, Svenja.
Viking, 2020.
Call #:
940.53082 O26i
Subjects
Irmen,
Inge
.
World
War
, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Königsberg.
World
War
, 1939-1945 -- Russia (Federation) -- Kaliningrad (Kaliningradska︠i︡a oblastʹ, Russia).
World
War
, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Russia (Federation) -- Kaliningrad (Kaliningradska︠i︡a oblastʹ, Russia).
World
War
, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Personal narratives.
ISBN:
9781984880215 (hc.)
Alternate title:
German
woman'
s
story
of
family
,
secrets
, and
survival
under
Hitler
Description:
xiv, 303 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293) and index.
Summary:
"The mesmerizing account of a granddaughter'
s
search for a World
War
II
family
history hidden for sixty years. Growing up Svenja O'Donnell knew little of her family'
s
German
past. All she knew was that her great-grandparents, grandmother, and mother had fled their home city of Königsberg near the end of World
War
II, never to return. But everything changed when O'Donnell traveled to the city--now known as Kaliningrad, and a part of Russia--and called her grandmother. Normally stoic and iscrutable,
Inge
uncharacteristically burst into tears. "I have so much to tell you," she said. In this transporting book, award-winning journalist Svenja O'Donnell weaves research, reporting, amd more than a decade of conversations into a dramatic narrative that uniquely captures the lives of ordinary Germans-particularly women-from the rise of
Hitler
through the war'
s
brutal aftermath. As O'Donnell gradually pulls back the curtain on her grandmother'
s
past, she discovers a life of love, loss, and impossible choices. She learns how
Inge
fell in love with a fellow rebellious teenager in Berlin'
s
underground jazz clubs and bore his child out of wedlock after he was sent, against his will, to the Eastern Front. She learns how
Inge
spearheaded the family'
s
flight across the sea as the Red Army closed in, her not yet two-year-old daughter -- O'Donnell'
s
mother -- in tow. Finally, she uncovers the act of violence that ultimately parted
Inge
from the man she loved: a terrible secret hidden for more than six decades. A captivating World
War
II saga,
Inge
's
War
is also a powerful reckoning with the meaning of
German
identity and inherited trauma. In retracing her grandmother'
s
footsteps, O'Donnell not only discovers the remarkable
story
of a
woman
caught in the gears of history, but also comes face to face with her family'
s
legacy of neutrality and inaction. A
story
of passion, hardship, displacement, and
survival
,
Inge
's
War
offers a rare glimpse into a reality too long buried by silence and shame." --Jacket.
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