Letters from Lena

An Account of the Great Prussian Exodus of 1945
Herausgeber: Liberman, Donna R.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Lena Kolberg was just one of the two million German civilians who fled from East Prussia at the end of the Second World War. This book presents an eye-witness account of the hardships and horrors experienced by her family in their desperate flight from the advancing Soviet army.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hamilton Books
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780761856733
• ISBN-10: 0761856730
• Artikelnr.: 34224363

Autorenporträt

Elmer W. Ruhnke graduated from Miami University in 1947 with a master's degree in education. He later became a secondary school teacher in Baldwin, New York. Following an associate professor position at Hofstra University, Ruhnke was appointed district administrator for the Wappingers Falls, New York school district. He took doctoral course work at Columbia University and received his Ed.D. from the University of Sarasota in 1979. Ruhnke has most recently been an adjunct professor of history and psychology at the State College of Florida, as well as a public lecturer. He is the co-author of The Shaping of America.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Maps
Preface
Introduction
Prologue
Background Notes
Chapter I: The Great War
Chapter II: The Lithuanian Occupation
Chapter III: The War Begins
Chapter IV: Der Treck
Chapter V: The Crossing
Chapter VI: Escape by Sea
Chapter VII: Refugees
Chapter VIII: The Letters
Chapter IX: The Rebuilding of Life
Epilogue and Kupprat Family Tree
Appendices A-F
Concluding Thoughts
Suggestions for Further Reading