i read this book, and was beyond impressed. my own grandmother grew up in very similiar circumstaces to those mr Degen describes growing up in. i often begged her to document her own experiences in a book ( unfortunately only a couple of chapters where ever written as she was a working physical chemist and keen to experience, research and learn about the new rather than dwelling on the past.
Well Mr Degen has done it for her!!
The book describes this time violence , inconsistency and a nation of people torn between good and evil as closely as i have ever heard or read.
needless to say i was very taken with the book , and wished there was an english translation that to my knowledge does not exist. I truly wished my jewish husband and many of my friends and family who do not speak german ( or not well enough ) could read this book . I feel it is prob. the closest you can get to having lived through the time .
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