Hour of the Women

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Summary: A Profile of Courage
Review: Libussa von Krockow is an inspiration to everyone who reads her story. It is a gripping tale of incredible courage and smarts, of great hope and love, in the face of unfathomable hardship and danger, at the hands of the cruelest specimens of mankind,in Germany, during the latter part of World War II. Many Germans were dispossessed and forced to leave their homes at that time, with only the clothes on their backs, for points unknown. Such was the fate of the Von Krockows, Libussa and her family. The father wanted to put an end to all of their lives, but Libussa felt the baby kicking inside of her and beseeched her father to let them live. He gave in to her pleas and abandoned his plans of shooting himself and the other family members. So begins Libussa's long and bitter but brilliant struggle to lead them collectively to a new world and a new beginning.
Spurred on by the love for her unborn child, she refuses time and again to let fear paralize her. She fights unrelentingly, agains all odds for her own survival and, at first, for that of of the new life inside of her. After giving birth to a healthy daughter, she fights on with the same undaunted ferocity of spirit, to find a better life for both of them, and she succeeds brilliantly.
Libussa von Krockow gives all of us hope that we can overcome the most horrendous hardships and difficulties and go on to a better tomorrow.

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Summary: A German Family in Wartime Pomerania
Review: This is a fascinating story of a German aristocrat, Libussa and her family, who had to survive the Russian invasion of Pomerania Her family had owned an estate but were struggling to survive after 1945. Libussa was a courageous young woman who had her first baby while fleeing the Russians. She was able to rescue her father from a Russian prison camp.This points out the cruelty of war, but also shows that this family met kind people, both Russian and Polish, on the "enemy" side. The story points out the drastic change in lifestyle.The Krockow family had lived in a manor and enjoyed wealth, and devoted servants. It...shows the horrors of war for civilians, especially women. Many German women were [taken] by Russian soldiers. The author incorporates excerpts from other books into the story.