We Were Berliners
From Weimar to the Wall
Published on 30. November 2011
128 pages
978-0-7524-7764-0 (ISBN)
Description
Helmut and Charlotte Jacobitz were born in Berlin during the mid-1920s. They experienced depression and inflation, and witnessed violence as fascists and communists vied for control of Germany. When the Nazis prevailed, they survived the 12 years of the Third Reich. Drafted in 1943, Helmut was wounded fighting in Normandy. Charlotte, meanwhile, worked at the Reichsbank and took shelter against frequent bombing raids. After the Russians surrounded Berlin in April 1945, she witnessed firsthand the brutal battle for the city. The two young Germans met each other after the war, Charlotte joining Helmut to smuggle food into Berlin through the Russian blockade. The family finally immigrated to America, barely escaping before the Berlin Wall sliced the city in half. We Were Berliners combines the personal reminiscences of the Jacobitzs with a lively, detailed overview of historical events as they related to the family, to Germany, and to Europe.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
File size
3,58 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7524-7764-0 (9780752477640)
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01/2012
The History Press Ltd
€43.51
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Maps
- 1 A Republic, Stillborn
- 2 Under the Swastika
- 3 A Nation Resurgent
- 4 Blitzkrieg
- 5 Fallschirmjaeger
- 6 Bull's Eye on Berlin
- 7 The Normandy Campaign
- 8 Million Dollar Wound
- 9 Battle for Berlin
- 10 War's End and Home
- 11 Aftermath
- 12 A Cold War Courtship
- 13 Blockaded and Betrothed
- 14 To the West and the Wall
- Epilogue
- Plates
- Copyright
