Gone to ground
Subtitle: one woman's extraordinary account of survival in the heart of Nazi Germany
By: Marie Jalowicz Simon ; translated by Anthea Bell ; with an introduction by Lisa Appignanesi ; and an afterword by Hermann Simon
Contributors: Appignanesi, Lisa, author of the introduction, etc; Bell, Anthea, translator; Simon, Hermann, author of afterword, colophon, etc
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Clipper -- LP3610
Publisher: WF Howes Ltd
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Rearsby, Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 503
ISBN-13: 9781510012370
Subjects: Holocaust survivor; Biography; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Personal narratives
Description: Thrilling and terrifying by turns, this is the gripping account of a young Jewish woman who survived World War Two by going to ground in Berlin. All around her Jews are being rounded up for deportation. Marie decides to survive. She takes off the yellow star, turns her back on the Jewish community, and vanishes into the city.
Notes: Translation of: Untergetaucht : eine junge Frau überlebt in Berlin, 1940-1945.
Table of contents: title: Prologue, 1942; title: I was to learn to assert myself : childhood and youth in Berlin; title: Alone in the icy wastes : forced labor for Siemens; title: A rainbow of unimaginable beauty : attempts at flight ; going to ground; title: The enemy is doing all this to us : the first winter in hiding; title: I was the girl without a name : after 1943, something like a normal life; title: I didn't have to surrender : the war is over.