Eva's War: A True Story of Survival

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Summary: Excellent and informative
Review: Eva Krutein is a survivor. Her story is horrifying in that it details man's inhumanity to man on all fronts. What is particularly distressing is the cruelty and stupidity practiced by the allies after the war under the guise of an abomination known as the Morgenthau Plan. This book fills in some missing pieces, tells a story that is not covered by the anti-German media in the USA. If I have any criticism it is that Eva is too forgiving of the Red Army atrocities - she makes excuses for it, and does not explain that gang rape, rape, murder, starvation etc., was official government policy of Stalin with the deafening silence of the Americans & Brits. Eva's war is at times funny, often depressing and ultimately uplifting. Read it!

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Summary: Powerful Story
Review: I bought and read this book because I am the grandaughter of a refugee from post WWII Dansig. As a very young girl, I used to love to listen to my grandmother tell her stories about her flight from Dansig when the Russians invaded but I was too young to appreciate what she really went through and the true horror of what happened. This book filled in a lot of the holes and gave me a better understanding of my own heritage. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the story of the Germans who were expelled (ethnically clenased) from eastern Europe after Germany surrendered.

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Summary: Powerful Story
Review: I bought and read this book because I am the grandaughter of a refugee from post WWII Dansig. As a very young girl, I used to love to listen to my grandmother tell her stories about her flight from Dansig when the Russians invaded but I was too young to appreciate what she really went through and the true horror of what happened. This book filled in a lot of the holes and gave me a better understanding of my own heritage. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the story of the Germans who were expelled after Germany surrendered.

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Summary: Enthralling account of refugees from East Germay after WWII
Review: This book is written in a very readable form, more fiction like, yet very factual. I felt the author's story was an important account of one family's struggle to survive as German refugees from Eastern Europe. The details of the story made me very sad yet because of the author's hope in mankind I felt lifted up by her account.

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Summary: Enthralling account of refugees from East Germay after WWII
Review: This book is written in a very readable form, more fiction like, yet very factual. I felt the author's story was an important account of one family's struggle to survive as German refugees from Eastern Europe. The details of the story made me very sad yet because of the author's hope in mankind I felt lifted up by her account.