I've read a lot of historical fiction and non-fiction set in World War II, but A Woman in Berlin is my first book written from the perspective of a German woman during the fall of Berlin. Written in diary form by an author who asked her publishers to keep her identity secret until after her death, i...
I've read a lot of historical fiction and non-fiction set in World War II, but A Woman in Berlin is my first book written from the perspective of a German woman during the fall of Berlin. Written in diary form by an author who asked her publishers to keep her identity secret until after her death, ...
I think everybody should read this book. When I began it I warned others that it is about rape in wartime. And that is true. Any subject in a good author’s hands can be worth reading. It is the ability of the author to make that subject comprehensible to readers that distinguishes a good author. We ...
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