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Book review: Hey Kids, Want Some Chocolates?: My Family’s Journey to Freedom by Melitta Strandberg (9781456717933)
“I guess sometimes the search for freedom is enough to keep one alive.” Melitta and her family’s experience in Nazi Germany in WWII was something that no one wants to contemplate, but it happened and she has written a short, … Continue reading
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Book review: The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (0375707972)
It is a tragic story of lost innocence, guilt, and regret. Hanna is a mysterious older woman who becomes involved with a young, 15-year old boy named Michael. Michael is drawn in by Hanna’s mystery and enjoys reading to her … Continue reading
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Book review:The Shipwreck of a Nation. Germany: An Inside View by H. Peter Nennhaus (9781432734039)
H. Peter Nennhaus grew up in Berlin during WWII; a volatile time in German and world history. The book is different in that he tells the story from a German boy’s point of view who saw things differently at that … Continue reading
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