Fülszöveg
Erika Angermann was a typical good-
looking, middle-class German girl, who
had grown up in Hitler's Germany.
The bombing of Dresden, her home
town, destroyed her entire world, and
she found herself alone, penniless and
displaced.
To survive, first with the Russians,
then with the Americans, she had to
plumb the very depth of shame. At
times she enjoyed the favours of
protectors. At times she worked twelve
hours a day in the rubble crew. For a
while she was a nightclub hostess and
once she earned her living as a
wrestler, delighting the learing cus-
tomers who came to see the almost
nude female bodies writhing in the
ring.
But the core of her character re-
mained untouched and as the post-war
hysteria receded, she began to re-
establish her life. This graphic and
moving novel gives the most faithful
possible picture of Germany in the last
year of war and the first chaotic post-
war years. The Germans themselves
and their Russian, American and
British...
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Fülszöveg
Erika Angermann was a typical good-
looking, middle-class German girl, who
had grown up in Hitler's Germany.
The bombing of Dresden, her home
town, destroyed her entire world, and
she found herself alone, penniless and
displaced.
To survive, first with the Russians,
then with the Americans, she had to
plumb the very depth of shame. At
times she enjoyed the favours of
protectors. At times she worked twelve
hours a day in the rubble crew. For a
while she was a nightclub hostess and
once she earned her living as a
wrestler, delighting the learing cus-
tomers who came to see the almost
nude female bodies writhing in the
ring.
But the core of her character re-
mained untouched and as the post-war
hysteria receded, she began to re-
establish her life. This graphic and
moving novel gives the most faithful
possible picture of Germany in the last
year of war and the first chaotic post-
war years. The Germans themselves
and their Russian, American and
British victors are depicted with rare
understanding and unforgettable
realism. Fraulein established itself as
a bestseller instantly on American
publication.
Vissza