german boy by wolfgang samuel

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	• German Boy: A Child in War Wolfgang W. E. Samuel Broadway, 2001 - 424 pages average customer review:based on 60 reviews view larger image
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A new prospective

Being very interested in history and in particular WW2 and the Holocaust, I have read several books dealing with the way Nazi's treated the Jewish people and others. While that is all quite important and extremely interesting to read and learn about, this book gave me a fresh new perspective at what it was like to be a German during this awful period of the history of Germany! Obviously not every single German was a Nazi and there story is rarely if ever heard about. Being a young boy in Germany was quite difficult and this book is written in a very easy to understand way and it lets you really envision yourself as the German boy. I think along with teaching people of all ages what it was like for the Jewish people, this is one of the books people should also read to learn the other side!

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German Boy: A Child in War

This book was a present to me because my youngest brother saw much of Samuel's character in me. Some of the experiences Samuel had between 1945 and 1950, seem to universal to all German refugee children. However, some things he relates must have been researched. An example is that when his mother went back to East Germany, she came back hidden in a railroad car laden with coal. I heard that particular story before I was 5 years old. Despite the memories of his experiences (many which I seem to share), this is an excellent look into the life of German refugee families and is well worth reading. I would recommend that the reader reread it to get the full impact of life for MOST Germans during and immediately after WWII.

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german boy by wolfgang samuel

Most of the books I've read about WWII were written by the the Allies or Holocaust victims. I am glad that there are now books written by the Germans. This makes us see WWII with a wider perspective. This book was written with a lot of honesty and pain by the author, yet inspite of all the horrors the author was subjected to, he still manages to convey a very positive outlook for the future. This book is well written, interesting and I found it hard to put down. I am glad that Col. Samuel took the time to tell his story. Now we know that the German citizenry also suffered severe deprivations during the last days of the war, and many years after that.

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A Father's Story

I was very excited to find this book. After reading the back, I reconized many of the events as ones my father told me happened to him when he was a boy. He was also a German refugee during and after WWII. This book gave me an insight on what his life was like, a time he rarely talks about. It is well written, interesting like a novel and less like a history book. I also was greatful to find a book that showed what day to day life was like for German children and that shows that not all German's were evil Nazis, but just human beings who were trying to survive in a horrible time. It shows that many German people were also victims of the Nazi party. I recommend this book to any World War II buff who want's to read about the war from a differnt point of view.

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A horrific story of survival

This is an outstanding autobiography of horrific events as experienced by a boy. Au contraire to post World War II commentators and The History Channel, not every German citizen was a member of the Nazi party, especially a young boy, and suffered accordingly as the regime crumbled. Mr. Samuel's account of his experiences surviving the final days of the Third Reich are spellbounding. This book is not just an autobiography, but a tribute to his mother. He chronicles with great detail the horrors of a dying Third Reich (and the efforts of relative strangers to save him and his family) and his mother's efforts to save them from the advancing hordes of Russian soldiers. Mr. Samuel, his sister and mother survived the collapse of the Third Reich only to endure the horrors of the Soviets/East Germany, until their escape. Truly makes one appreciate the very thin line that separated the horrors of the Nazi and Soviet Communist regimes. And it caused this reader to ponder her own chances of survival if in similar circumstances. This book is a tribute to all those innocent victims of authoritarian/totalitarian regimes who somehow survived and succeeded against all odds. A truly inspiring work.

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