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Underground in Berlin : a young woman's extraordinary tale of survival in the heart of Nazi Germany / Marie Jalowicz Simon ; translated by Anthea Bell ; foreword and afterword by Hermann Simon.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2015Edition: First United States editionDescription: xi, 366 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780316382090
  • 0316382094
Uniform titles:
  • Untergetaucht. English
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Contents:
Prologue, 1942 -- I was to learn to assert myself : childhood and youth in Berlin -- Alone in the icy wastes : forced labor for Siemens -- A rainbow of unimaginable beauty : attempts at flight ; going to ground -- The enemy is doing all this to us : the first winter in hiding -- I was the girl without a name : after 1943, something like a normal life -- I didn't have to surrender : the war is over.
Summary: Follows the true story of a young Jewish woman who vanished into the city and lived under an assumed identity, relying on safe houses, foreign workers, and communists in order to survive in World War II Berlin.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 940.5318 S595 Available 33111008109262
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A thrilling piece of undiscovered history, this is the true account of a young Jewish woman who survived World War II in Berlin.

In 1942, Marie Jalowicz, a twenty-year-old Jewish Berliner, made the extraordinary decision to do everything in her power to avoid the concentration camps. She removed her yellow star, took on an assumed identity, and disappeared into the city.

In the years that followed, Marie took shelter wherever it was offered, living with the strangest of bedfellows, from circus performers and committed communists to convinced Nazis. As Marie quickly learned, however, compassion and cruelty are very often two sides of the same coin.

Fifty years later, Marie agreed to tell her story for the first time. Told in her own voice with unflinching honesty, Underground in Berlin is a book like no other, of the surreal, sometimes absurd day-to-day life in wartime Berlin. This might be just one woman's story, but it gives an unparalleled glimpse into what it truly means to be human.

Translation of: Untergetaucht : eine junge Frau überlebt in Berlin, 1940-1945.

"Originally published in Germany as 'Untergetaucht: eine junge Frau überlebt in Berlin, 1940-1945,' by S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, 2014"--Title- page verso.

"First English-language edition published in Great Britain as 'Gone to ground' by Profile Books, February 2015"--Title-page verso.

Prologue, 1942 -- I was to learn to assert myself : childhood and youth in Berlin -- Alone in the icy wastes : forced labor for Siemens -- A rainbow of unimaginable beauty : attempts at flight ; going to ground -- The enemy is doing all this to us : the first winter in hiding -- I was the girl without a name : after 1943, something like a normal life -- I didn't have to surrender : the war is over.

Follows the true story of a young Jewish woman who vanished into the city and lived under an assumed identity, relying on safe houses, foreign workers, and communists in order to survive in World War II Berlin.

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