Ancient furies
Subtitle: a young girl's struggles in the crossfire of World War II
By: Anastasia V. Saporito with Donald L. Saporito
Contributors: Saporito, Donald L., author
Publisher: Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781612346335; 9781612346342
Subjects: Blankenburg am Harz (Concentration camp); Yugoslav Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945; Russians; Russian Personal narratives; Biography; Childhood and youth
Description: The author discusses coming of age during World War II, detailing how she and her aristocratic family were forced to leave Yugoslavia and sent to a slave labor camp, shedding light on the wartime experiences of Europe's once-wealthy elite.
Table of contents: title: The early years; title: School days; title: War clouds; title: Childhood ends; title: The move to Dedinye; title: Life in Dedinye; title: Adolescence ends; title: War comes to Belgrade; title: The destruction of Belgrade; title: Invasion; title: Occupation; title: Jovan; title: Kolya; title: Roach Manor; title: Farewell, my Belgrade; title: Maria and Rosa; title: Hans von Staate; title: The labor camps; title: Brutality and murder; title: The price of liberation; title: Blankenburg am Harz; title: Hamburg; title: Frankfurt; title: The end of the beginning.