Eleanor Ramrath Garner (Libri)

Eleanor Ramrath Garner Libri

Questa autrice approfondisce profonde questioni psicologiche ed etiche attraverso la sua opera letteraria. La sua scrittura esplora frequentemente l'impatto del trauma storico, come l'Olocausto, e come le narrazioni possono favorire l'autoriflessione e il pensiero critico. Sottolinea la cattura di una voce autentica, impiegando tecniche letterarie come verbi attivi e linguaggio figurato per dare vita alle sue storie. Il suo lavoro funge anche da ponte tra passato e presente, gettando luce sui diritti umani e sugli effetti del conflitto sui bambini.

Eleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's Germany

224pagine
8 ore di lettura

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During the Great Depression, when Eleanor is nine, her family moves from her beloved America to Germany, from which her parents had emigrated years before and where her father has been offered a job he cannot pass up. But when war suddenly breaks out as her family is crossing the Atlantic, they realize returning to the United States isn’t an option. They arrive in Berlin as enemy aliens.Eleanor tries to maintain her American identity as she feels herself pulled into the turbulent life roiling around her. She and her brother are enrolled in German schools and in Hitler’s Youth (a requirement). She fervently hopes for an Allied victory, yet for years she must try to survive the Allied bombs shattering her neighborhood. Her family faces separations, bombings, hunger, the final fierce battle for Berlin, the Russian invasion, and the terrors of Soviet occupancy.This compelling story is heart-racing at times and immerses readers in a first-hand account of Nazi Germany, surviving World War II as a civilian, and immigration.