Underground in Berlin : a young woman's extraordinary tale of survival in the heart of Nazi Germany / Marie Jalowicz Simon ; translated by Anthea Bell ; foreword and afterword by Hermann Simon.
"First English-language edtion published in Great Britain as Gone to ground by Profile Books, February 2015" -- page 2. Originally published in Germany as Untergetaucht: Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945 by S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, 2014" -- page 2.
Contents:
I was to learn to assert myself: childhood and youth in Berlin -- Alone in the icy wastes: forced labor for Siemens -- A rainbow of unimaginable beauty: attempts at flight; going to ground -- The enemy is doing all this to us: the first winter in hiding -- I was the girl without a name: after 1943: something like a normal life -- I didn't have to surrender: the war is over.
Summary:
Follows the true story of a young Jewish woman who vanished into the city and lived under an assumed identity, relying on safe houses, foreign workers, and communists in order to survive in World War II Berlin.
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