Oct31st

Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany by Eleanor Ramrath Garner

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It’s a good thing that Eleanor Ramrath Garner wrote this book because her story needs to be told. Their family, Germans who immigrated to the U.S. in the late 1930s, moved back to Germany on the eve of World War II because their father had been offered a job that he couldn’t resist. The book is a great example of perspective. We’re immersed in WWII, so we wonder how he could have made such a decision. At the time, though, Hitler’s intentions were debatable. When Hitler invaded Poland soon after their move, their father changed his mind, but it was too late to get back to the States and the family went through the horrors of WWII in Berlin. Ms. Garner has a remarkable memory. She includes copious details about their daily lives and relationships, giving rich insight into what it was like to live at the time. She keeps her focus on her own life, only including information about the wider war as she discovered it. She gives a good sense of coming-of-age. Warning: This book is not a page-turner. It takes patience to read it, but the perspective it brings is well worth the effort. It made me cry at the end.

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