Can I read Inge's War : A German Woman's Story of Family, Secrets, and Survival Under Hitler on EtoBox?

Inge's War : A German Woman's Story of Family, Secrets, and Survival Under Hitler by Svenja O'Donnell is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Inge's War : A German Woman's Story of Family, Secrets, and Survival Under Hitler about?

'An extraordinary saga.'—David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower MoonThe mesmerizing account of a granddaughter's search for a World War II family history hidden for sixty yearsGrowing up in Paris as the daughter of a German mother and an Irish father, Svenja O'Donnell knew little of her family's German past. All she knew was that her great-grandparents, grandmother, and mother had fled their home city of Königsberg near the end of World War II, never to return. But everything changed when O'Donnell traveled to the city—now known as Kaliningrad, and a part of Russia—and called her grandmother, who uncharacteristically burst into tears.'I have so much to tell you,'Inge said. In this transporting and illuminating book, the award-winning journalist vividly reconstructs the story of Inge's life from the rise of the Nazis through the brutal postwar years, from falling in love with a man who was sent to the Eastern Front just after she became pregnant with his child, to spearheading her family's flight as the Red Army closed in, her young daughter in tow. Ultimately, O'Donnell uncovers the act of violence that separated Inge from the man she loved; a terri

Author

Svenja O'Donnell

Publisher

Penguin Books

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781984880222

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

4.5 / 5 (175 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14