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Old 07-04-2018, 08:05 AM   #40
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Originally Posted by drofgnal View Post
My mother was born in Berlin in 1929 and lived there until about 1950, meeting my dad who was stationed there post WWII. She would not talk about it much so I was interested in reading Uris' account of life in Berlin post WWII. My mother also had two older sisters, and I was in horror reading what life was like for them and my grandmother. My grandfather died on the Russian Front.
I considered nominating A Woman in Berlin, a very powerful account of life during the fall of Berlin, but decided it was perhaps too upsetting. If you haven't read it, it might be of interest to you.
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