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The Bonfire of Berlin
Helga Schneider
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Description for The Bonfire of Berlin
Paperback. Abandoned by her mother, who left to pursue a career as a camp guard at Auschwitz-Birkenau, loathed by her step-mother, cooped up in a cellar, starved, parched, lonely amidst the fetid crush of her neighbours, Helga Schneider endured the horrors of wartime Berlin. This book presents an account of her survival. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; BGA; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Abandoned by her mother, who left to pursue a career as a camp guard at Auschwitz-Birkenau, loathed by her step-mother, cooped up in a cellar, starved, parched, lonely amidst the fetid crush of her neighbours, Helga Schneider endured the horrors of wartime Berlin. The Bonfire of Berlin is a searing account of her survival. The grinding misery of hunger, combined with the terror of air-raids, the absence of fresh water and the constant threat of death and disease served not to unite the tenants and neighbours of her apartment block but rather to intensify the minor irritations of communal life ... Read more
Abandoned by her mother, who left to pursue a career as a camp guard at Auschwitz-Birkenau, loathed by her step-mother, cooped up in a cellar, starved, parched, lonely amidst the fetid crush of her neighbours, Helga Schneider endured the horrors of wartime Berlin. The Bonfire of Berlin is a searing account of her survival. The grinding misery of hunger, combined with the terror of air-raids, the absence of fresh water and the constant threat of death and disease served not to unite the tenants and neighbours of her apartment block but rather to intensify the minor irritations of communal life ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099443735
SKU
KCW0019522
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Ref
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About Helga Schneider
Helga Schneider was born in German Poland but spent her childhood in Berlin where she was raised by her stepmother after being abandoned by her mother. She has lived in Bologna since 1963, and is the author of Let Me Go.
Reviews for The Bonfire of Berlin
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Guardian
'Frightening and fascinating'
Mail on Sunday
'Grips the reader completely...so powerful'
Glasgow Herlad
'Desperately sad and powerful...Unforgettable'
Jewish Telegraph
Guardian
'Frightening and fascinating'
Mail on Sunday
'Grips the reader completely...so powerful'
Glasgow Herlad
'Desperately sad and powerful...Unforgettable'
Jewish Telegraph