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Helga Schneider's powerful and moving memoir tells of her struggle to survive her terrifying childhood in wartime and post-war Berlin after her mother abandons her to pursue a career as a camp guard at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Her father remarries but goes to fight on the frontlines, leaving Heidi to be bought up by her stepmother who hated little Heidi and did nothing to ease her fears and unhappiness. The Bonfire of Berlin is a heart wrenching account of her traumatic wartime experiences. It is hard hitting and slams home just how atrocious the conditions were for those that lived through this horrific time.
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A brilliant book that tells a story of the side that is rarely heard
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I loved this book. It was a very easy read but was very educational at the same time. I thought that it was funny how eventhough most people know the story of the second world war, I was gripped to the end to find out what would happen. I thought that it was very touching and unbelieveable how people can come through such terror and misery. It is a story that tells a side that is rarely heard and the goodness of many of the German people.
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