German Boy: A Child in War

图书标准信息

• 作者 Wolfgang Samuel 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 2001-10
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780767908245
• 定价 247.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 448页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

“IthinkGermanBoyhasallthequalitiesofgreatness.Ilovethebook.”--fromtheForewordbyStephenAmbrose

AstheThirdReichcrumbledin1945,scoresofGermansscrambledtofleetheadvancingRussiantroops.AmongthemwasalittleboynamedWolfgangSamuel,wholefthishomewithhismotherandsisterandendedupinwar-tornStrasbourgbeforebeingforcedfartherwestintoadisease-riddenrefugeecamp.GermanBoyisthevivid,truestoryoftheirfightforsurvivalasthetablesofpowerturnedand,forreasonsWolfgangwastooyoungtounderstand,hisbrokenfamilysufferedarbitraryarrest,rape,hunger,andconstantfear.

BecausehisfatherwasofffightingthewarasaLuftwaffeofficer,youngWolfgangwasforcedtobecometheheadofhishousehold,scavengingforprovisionsandscrapswithwhichtofeedhisfamily.Despitehisbestefforts,hismotherstillfoundherselfforcedtodotheunthinkabletosurvive,andhersacrificesbecameWolfgang’sworstnightmares.Somehow,withtheresilienceonlychildrencanmuster,hemaintainedhisyouthandinnocenceinlittleways–makingfriendswithotheryoungrefugees,playinggameswithshrapnel,delightingintheplanesflownbytheAmericansandthecandiestheGIsbrought.Intheend,theSamuelsbeginlifeanewinAmerica,andWolfgangeventuallygoesontoathirty-yearcareerintheU.S.AirForce.

BringingfreshinsighttothedarkhistoryofNaziGermanyandthehorrorleftinitswake,GermanBoyrecordsthevaluablerecollectionsofaninnocent’sincrediblejourney.

【作者简介】

WolfgangW.E.SamuelwascommissionedthroughtheAirForceROTCattheUniversityofColoradoandisagraduateoftheNationalWarCollege.HeservedintheU.S.AirForceforthirtyyearsuntilhisretirementin1985asacolonel.Hiswritinghasbeenpublishedinseveralmilitaryjournals,includingParameters,theU.S.ArmyWarCollegequarterly.HelivesinFairfax,Virginia.

【目录】

Illustrations

Foreword

Preface and Acknowledgments

One  January 1945

Two  Flight from Sagan

Three  The Train

Zour  161 Sch6nhauserAllee, Berlin

Five  A Town Called Strasburg

Six  A Brave German Soldier

Seven  The Face of Death

Eight  Surrender

Nine  The Americans

Ten  The Russians

Eleven  Messenger of Death

Twelve  The List

Thirteen  AWinter Nightmare

Fourteen  Summer 1946

Fifteen  Escape to the West

Sixteen  The Trauen Barracks