num_pages: 311
description: Newly translated into English, this is an asonishing and deeply affecting portrayal of a woman fighting for survival amidst the horror and inhumanity of war. Begun on 20 April 1945, on the day when Berlin first saw the face of war, and ending on 22 June 1945, the anonymous author describes life within the falling city as it was sacked by the Russian army.
language: English
title: A Woman in Berlin
titlecomplete: A Woman in Berlin
genres: Historical, Biography, War, Memoir, Nonfiction, German Literature, Germany, Biography Memoir, History, World War II
ratings_count: 14785
places: Berlin
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Schlegel-Tieck Prize
category: Philip Boehm
publisher: Virago