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A Woman in Berlin

By: Anonymous
Narrated by: Diana Bishop
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Between April 20th and June 22nd of 1945 the anonymous author of A Woman in Berlin wrote about life within the falling city as it was sacked by the Russian Army. Fending off the boredom and deprivation of hiding, the author records her experiences, observations, and meditations in this stark and vivid diary. Accounts of the bombing, the rapes, the rationing of food, and the overwhelming terror of death are rendered in the dispassionate, though determinedly optimistic, prose of a woman fighting for survival amidst the horror and inhumanity of war.

©2002 Hannelore Marek, 2003 Eichborn Verlag AG, Frankfurt am Main, 2004 Antony Beevor - Introduction, 2004 Hans Magnus Enzensberger - Afterword, 2004 Philip Boehm - Translation (P)2006 Oakhill Publishing Heartfelt Inspiring Thought-Provoking War

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Incredible what German women had to endure at the hands of the Russian soldiers, sad but true.

Real history by a woman who was there!

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What could be a dreary and laborious book turns out to be captivating in the sense that it becomes almost addictive just to follow the main characters trials and sufferings and their determination to survive with as much dignity as could be sustained during this dark period of German history.

A chilling truth long suppressed

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I was surprised by the book. I had no idea what life was like for German women as the war drew to a close. It should be on every A Level history curriculum.

It should be read by all.

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I’m left speechless. My grandmother was exactly where this book is set. My beautiful mother was a girl at the time. Such resonance for me. Should be compulsory worldwide school reading. Generations later we are still traumatised by the war. My mother an alcoholic: numbed, silent about what went on and self destructive in every facet of her life. The shockwaves live on.

The narration of this book is perfect. I will be looking for others narrated by this compassionate intelligent voice.

I wish there were more books likes this one. Nothing will ever be the same after hearing it. I feel like I did after listening to my first ever audiobook “Nothing to Declare”

Thank you, women of Berlin all of you

Nothing short of incredible

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The veracity of the story and the manner in which it unfolds for the listener

A true story

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This really gives a human account, first hand of the end of the war from the view point of an ordinary woman. What she went through, the ordeals she suffered and how she got through this time are gripping. The stories told here are of a time that can't be imagined. Well read.

This is amazing

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Brilliantly written and read. It lays bare humanity in its worse and best. A good book.

Brilliant

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The total physical and mental pain is in every page…at the cost of surviving one more night.

I would advise everyone to read this book as a insight to war, and how humanity is lost both by the victors and losers!

For me the most damaging of all was the complete dismissive denial by the returning males. Along with the social whitewashing of a broken masculine society!

What a book, must read as history always repeats

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Well written, a pleasure to listen to and a most tragic, moving and heartbreaking story. Certainly the first time I have ever heard the story of a German's experience. Highly recommended.
This book deserves far more than 5 stars.

A Must-Read.

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Written in a way that displays a deadness of the soul after years at war and the realisation that she is now in unpredictable and fragile territory. It is an honest diary of events which excludes any indications of political affiliation or national pride but is purely depicting the harrowing plight of females surviving at the very end of WWII in Berlin.

The deep sense of survival and strength in overwhelming adversity.

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