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02504aam a2200265 4500 001 F739A8B8B41011ED87CD1B3F27ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230224010034 008 230103s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 9798835253005 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Moyes, Leah. 245 1 $a Before Berlin : $b a Berlin butterfy series prequel / $c by Leah Moyes. 264 1 $a [Place of publication not identified] : $b SpuCruiser Media, $c 2022. 300 $a 361 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Berlin Butterfly ; $v 0.5 520 $a "Germany 1935, Heinrich Himmlerâs Fount of Life (Lebensborn) program is created, encouraging voluntary reproduction in order to replenish the Fatherland with a racially pure population. Yet, as the number of German men killed from the ravages of war increases, the Nazi leadership implement a new strategy. Abduction. Children of all ages are seized from their homes and schools in German-occupied territories and turned over to nationalistic parents to raise; but when that isnât enoughâ¦young, blond, blue-eyed women are forced to bed Nazi soldiers. On the 19th of August 1941, sixteen-year-old Aleksandra leaves for her private school in Åódź, Poland, but never returns. She and seventeen other girls who exhibit the desired fair Aryan features are taken by Nazi soldiers with the order to breed with SS officers for the future of the Deutschland. While en route to Berlin, Aleksandraâs transport is attacked by British aerial bombers and this extraordinary saving grace propels her and the other girls into a harrowing trek through the harsh German forest. With little resources and insufficient skills, they face unknown predators, thirst, starvation, injuries, soldiers, and the sheer will to live, but even civilization might not save them from the cruel consequences of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This compelling story of strength shares the fictional journey of Aleksandra Jaworski, the courageous birth mother of Ella Kühn from the Award-Winning Berlin Butterfly Series. This historical fiction can be read as a stand-alone novel but is introduced as the Prequel to the series." --Back cover. 541 $d 20230119. 650 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Fiction. 650 $a Abduction $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. 830 $a Berlin Butterfly ; $v 0.5. 941 $a 1 952 $l VTPD454 $d 20230224010906.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F739A8B8B41011ED87CD1B3F27ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search