When Margarete Dos moved with her family to Berlin on the eve of World War II, she and her younger brother were blindly ushered into a generation of Hitler Youth. Like countless citizens under Hitler�s regime, Margarete struggled to understand what was happening to her country. Later, as a nurse for the German Red Cross, she treated countless young soldiers�recruited in the eleventh hour to fight a losing battle�they would die before her eyes as Allied bombs racked her beloved city. Yet, her deep humanity, intelligence, and passion for life�which sparkles in every sentence of her memoir�carried Margarete through to war�s end. But just when she thought the worst was over, and she and her mother were on a train headed to Sweden, they were suddenly rerouted deep into Russia� This powerful account draws back the curtain on a piece of history that has been largely overlooked�the nightmare that millions of German civilians suffered, simply because they were German. That Margarete survived to tell her tale so vividly and courageously is a gift to us all.
(less)When Margarete Dos moved with her family to Berlin on the eve of World War II, she and her younger brother were blindly ushered into a generation of Hitler Youth. Like countless citizens under Hitler�s regime, Margarete struggled to
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Letters From Berlin: A Story of War, Survival, and the Redeeming Power of Love and Friendship | 
