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In the early 1930s, Helmut, born with a physical deformity, works as a photographer’s assistant in Berlin, documenting the city’s changing mood while struggling to grasp the deeper implications of what he captures. After Germany’s surrender, sixteen‑year‑old Lore undertakes a perilous, illegal journey with her younger siblings across the four occupation zones, driven by a desperate need to reach her grandmother. Decades later, Micha, a young man on a quest to understand his grandfather’s nine‑year imprisonment by the Russians, faces obstinacy and reluctant aid from a person haunted by a shadowed past. Together, the interwoven stories explore the enduring scars of war, the search for identity, and the way memory shapes family legacies in post‑war Germany.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Rachel Seiffert
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