- Paperback: 168 pages
- Publisher: Highgate Publications (Beverley) Ltd (21 July 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1902645146
- ISBN-13: 978-1902645148
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.8 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,210,187 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The White Rose and the Swastika is my story. A 'child of Hitler's Third Reich'; then post-war Soviet occupation; and ultimately freedom - a new beginning in Britain. A chronicle of changing times - but a very personal, even humorous, perspective of normal family life contrasting with the momentous events of the 20th Century. Looking back over a lifetime of continuous change, this is my tale of both sides of 'a spinning coin'.
The White Rose and the Swastika is my story. A 'child of Hitler's Third Reich'; then post-war Soviet occupation; and ultimately freedom - a new beginning in Britain. A chronicle of changing times - but a very personal, even humorous, perspective of normal family life contrasting with the momentous events of the 20th Century. Looking back over a lifetime of continuous change, this is my tale of both sides of 'a spinning coin'.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A thoroughly enjoyable read,
By moesline@tinyworld.co.uk (York, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The White Rose and the Swastika (Paperback)
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Mrs Marshall's book about her life, as it is the kind of book I like to read.The pictures in it helped to vividly bring the people to mind and let me "see" the places she wrote about. I was slightly put off by the very bold colour of the cover, but I'm glad I didn't let it deter me from reading something so interesting. Mrs Lynda M Stockdale
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An engaging, enlightening and uplifting read.,
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This review is from: The White Rose and the Swastika (Paperback)
This is a story which needs to be told if we are to realise what life was like for the "ordinary people" who comprised our former adversaries during any conflict, and the ways in which peaceful coexistence is wrought from the ashes. It takes us away from the dry academic presentation of historical facts into another, far more human dimension.In letting us share her childhood experiences under the Nazis and Soviets in her native Austria, and her later life as a "foreigner" in this country, Jutta Marshall enriches our understanding. Her story is told in an engagingly conversational tone, that evokes the period, the emotions, and the determination to maintain family life under the most trying of circumstances. Those of us whose lives were not touched by political doctrination, ruthless occupation and the heart-stopping terror that can accompany these, move one step further from recalling the irritation of rationing and the property destruction we all shared, into more sinister times on the continent. It is too easy to zenophobically dismiss all Germans as "enemies" and not to seek reconciliation and acceptance. Imagine then, the problems of childhood firstly in the war under the Nazi regime and then under Soviet constraints. With humour and honesty, Jutta brings the family to life on the page, not least by the many photographs that identify the people in her story and the unfolding of events and relationships. It is a slim volume, but a well written account, easy to read and has a finely judged balance of good and bad times. There are dangerous despairing moments, just as there are wonderully warm memories of parents, grandparents, friends, pets - the kind we all share. Happily married and settled in Scarborough, she continued her work of reconciliation, bringing together her homeand and her adopted country. That warmth of purpose shines through. Read it and be absorbed.
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