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Let Me Go by Helga Schneider
Category: World History
When Helga Schneider was four, her mother, Traudi, abandoned her to pursue her career. In 1998, Helga receives a letter asking her to visit Traudi, now 90-years old, before she dies. Mother and daughter have met only once before since Traudi left, on a disastrous visit where Helga first learnt the terri ...Show more
The Bonfire of Berlin by Helga Schneider; Shaun Whiteside (Translator)
Category: Biography Memoir
"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 harrowing ...Show more
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