Entkommen!: Mein Weg durch Chaos, Krieg und Kälte - Book

An enthralling account of a youth of flight and expulsion, which captivates the reader not only by his brilliant style, but also places the personal individual destiny in the larger historical context and thus conveys a universally valid picture of this tragic history section. The author tells about his childhood and everyday life in the East Prussian district town of Deutsch-Eylau in a way that is particularly exciting and lively. The war breaks into an idyllic atmosphere: air strikes, the people's panic about the approaching Russians, and finally the escape of the family from Deutsch-Eylau - everything is described meticulously. The author and his family have to bid farewell to their homeland, which will be a goodbye forever. The expulsion experienced Lutz Radtke as 13-16 years old; He must quickly take the place of the father. Fears, cold, hunger, hardship and ubiquitous death determine those months. The author has written this book for his grandchildren and for a generation that is increasingly asking questions about this period. Again and again, the author puts his experiences in a larger historical and political context - which is not at the expense of good readability. The massacre of Nemmersdorf is mentioned here as well as the tragic sinking of the "Wilhelm Gustloff" or the "Bromberger Blutsonntag". But his stories also go far into the post-war period and describe what a family of displaced people had to deal with: living in a foreign homeland, the plight of the post-war period and rebuilding it. After many decades, a resounding sound is the return home to the old hometown - as a visitor.

Hardcover: 168 pages

Language: German

Size: 15.7 x 1.7 x 24 cm