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PublisheriUniverse, Incorporated
ISBN-10059544704X
ISBN-139780595447046
eBay Product ID (ePID)5038647734
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Book TitleEyes Are Watching, Ears Are Listening : Growing Up in Nazi Germany 1933-1946
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
TopicWomen, Military / World War II, Europe / Germany, Personal Memoirs, Historical
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorEycke Strickland
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight16.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2011-453515
SynopsisWith skill, sensitivity, and spirit, "Eyes are Watching, Ears are Listening" tells the story of Eycke Stricklands unusual childhood in the Third Reich. In beautiful prose, the author relates fascinating memories of a large, loving, and unconventional family in pre-war Germany and in war-time (German-annexed) Poland. Stricklands evocative anecdotes and candid commentary paint a richly-layered portrait of family ties and tensions, on the one hand, and of childhood adventures and anxieties, on the other. Simultaneously, the book contributes to our understanding of life and death under National Socialism. From the viewpoint of a young, but perceptive, daughter in an anti-Nazi family, we learn about relations between Germans and Jews, Germans and Poles, and ordinary Germans and Nazi officials in a Polish town located close to Auschwitz. Above all, we are introduced to a courageous family that resisted a criminal regime and survived total war. Stricklands father, Karl Laabs, rescued many Jews from deportation to Auschwitz. Her mothers civil treatment of Poles led to repeated threats from Nazi stalwarts. Their resilient children helped the family endure a terrible time. This poignant, informative memoir deserves a wide readership. -Donna Harsch, Ph.D., author of "German Social Democracy" and "The Rise of Nazism," and "Revenge of the Domestic: Women, the Family, and Communism in the German Democratic Republic.", With skill, sensitivity, and spirit, Eyes are Watching, Ears are Listening tells the story of Eycke Strickland's unusual childhood in the Third Reich. In beautiful prose, the author relates fascinating memories of a large, loving, and unconventional family in pre-war Germany and in war-time (German-annexed) Poland. Strickland's evocative anecdotes and candid commentary paint a richly-layered portrait of family ties and tensions, on the one hand, and of childhood adventures and anxieties, on the other. Simultaneously, the book contributes to our understanding of life and death under National Socialism. From the viewpoint of a young, but perceptive, daughter in an anti-Nazi family, we learn about relations between Germans and Jews, Germans and Poles, and ordinary Germans and Nazi officials in a Polish town located close to Auschwitz. Above all, we are introduced to a courageous family that resisted a criminal regime and survived total war. Strickland's father, Karl Laabs, rescued many Jews from deportation to Auschwitz. Her mother's civil treatment of Poles led to repeated threats from Nazi stalwarts. Their resilient children helped the family endure a terrible time. This poignant, informative memoir deserves a wide readership. -Donna Harsch, Ph.D., author of German Social Democracy and The Rise of Nazism , and Revenge of the Domestic: Women, the Family, and Communism in the German Democratic Republic .
LC Classification NumberDD247.S836A3 2008
