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Memoir of Home, War and Finding Refuge : Biruta's Story by Lilita Hardes (2020, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherLilita V.Hardes

ISBN-100578738252

ISBN-139780578738253

eBay Product ID (ePID)18050079992

Product Key Features

Educational LevelAdult & Further Education

SubjectGeneral

Publication Year2020

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMemoir of Home, War and Finding Refuge : Biruta's Story

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaDrama, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorLilita Hardes

FormatTrade Paperback

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceAdult Education

TitleLeadingA

SynopsisA Latvian war refugee's memoir of flight and displacement during WWII. The comforts and security of Biruta, a nine-year-old twin, are ripped away her in 1939 Riga, Latvia. She lives an idyllic life with her sister and two physician parents in Latvia when WWII breaks out. One of three independent Baltic states, Latvia attempts to remain neutral during the war. Yet, the country is situated between two ruthless rivals: Stalin's Communist Soviet Union and Hitler's Nazi Germany. As the Soviet army occupies Latvia, the family flees to Germany during the last year of the war. In the Displaced Persons (DP) camps of Germany, Biruta comes of age, falls in love, and ultimately finds somewhere to call home., A compelling memoir of a Latvian war refugee's flight and displacement during WWII. What if the comforts and security of your childhood were suddenly ripped away from you? In 1939, Biruta, a nine-year-old twin, lives an idyllic life with her sister and two physician parents in Riga, Latvia when WWII breaks out. One of three independent Baltic states, Latvia attempts to remain neutral during the war. Yet, the country is situated between two ruthless rivals: Stalin's Communist Soviet Union and Hitler's Nazi Germany. As the Soviet army occupies Latvia, the family flees to Germany during the last year of the war. In the Displaced Persons (DP) camps of Germany, Biruta comes of age, falls in love, and ultimately finds somewhere to call home.

Illustrated byHardes, Charles, Singer, Olga