Real history by a woman who was there!

Incredible what German women had to endure at the hands of the Russian soldiers, sad but true.

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Nothing short of incredible

I’m left speechless. My grandmother was exactly where this book is set. My beautiful mother was a girl at the time. Such resonance for me. Should be compulsory worldwide school reading. Generations later we are still traumatised by the war. My mother an alcoholic: numbed, silent about what went on and self destructive in every facet of her life. The shockwaves live on.

The narration of this book is perfect. I will be looking for others narrated by this compassionate intelligent voice.

I wish there were more books likes this one. Nothing will ever be the same after hearing it. I feel like I did after listening to my first ever audiobook “Nothing to Declare”

Thank you, women of Berlin all of you

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This is amazing

This really gives a human account, first hand of the end of the war from the view point of an ordinary woman. What she went through, the ordeals she suffered and how she got through this time are gripping. The stories told here are of a time that can't be imagined. Well read.

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Brilliant

Brilliantly written and read. It lays bare humanity in its worse and best. A good book.

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A chilling truth long suppressed

What could be a dreary and laborious book turns out to be captivating in the sense that it becomes almost addictive just to follow the main characters trials and sufferings and their determination to survive with as much dignity as could be sustained during this dark period of German history.

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It should be read by all.

I was surprised by the book. I had no idea what life was like for German women as the war drew to a close. It should be on every A Level history curriculum.

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What a book, must read as history always repeats

The total physical and mental pain is in every page…at the cost of surviving one more night.

I would advise everyone to read this book as a insight to war, and how humanity is lost both by the victors and losers!

For me the most damaging of all was the complete dismissive denial by the returning males. Along with the social whitewashing of a broken masculine society!

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A Must-Read.

Well written, a pleasure to listen to and a most tragic, moving and heartbreaking story. Certainly the first time I have ever heard the story of a German's experience. Highly recommended.
This book deserves far more than 5 stars.

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Thought provoking diary of what women had endured!

Diary made a sense of reality to complete cruelty amidst social and economic breakdown. provided a view of what Western allies may have seen, which led to Westerners bewilderment and intolerance of Soviets!

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Fascinating, heartbreaking

An astonishing account relaying information about the end of the war that I’ve never even thought to ask about, despite, as a typical European millennial, having learned about WW2 incessantly at school. This is a very human listen.

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