Letters from Lena - An Account of the Great Prussian Exodus of 1945

Informationen zum Autor Translated with commentary by Elmer Ruhnke - Edited by Donna R. Liberman Klappentext Lena Kolberg was just one of the two million German civilians who fled from East Prussia at the end of the Second World War. This book presents an eye-witness account of the hardships and horrors experienced by her family in their desperate flight from the advancing Soviet army. Zusammenfassung Lena Kolberg was just one of the two million German civilians who fled from East Prussia at the end of the Second World War. This book presents an eye-witness account of the hardships and horrors experienced by her family in their desperate flight from the advancing Soviet army. Inhaltsverzeichnis  List of MapsPrefaceIntroductionPrologueBackground NotesChapter I: The Great WarChapter II: The Lithuanian OccupationChapter III: The War BeginsChapter IV: Der TreckChapter V: The CrossingChapter VI: Escape by SeaChapter VII: RefugeesChapter VIII: The LettersChapter IX: The Rebuilding of LifeEpilogue and Kupprat Family TreeAppendices A-FConcluding ThoughtsSuggestions for Further Reading

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• Authors: Elmer (TRN)/ Liberman Ruhnke
• Assisted by: Donna R. Liberman (Editor), Liberman Donna R. (Editor), Elmer Ruhnke (Translation)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.12.2011
• EAN: 9780761856733
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5673-3
• No. of pages: 166
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Russia, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Biography: historical, political & military, Germany, HISTORY / Military / General, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, Biography: historical, political and military, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Eastern Front, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era