Sonya Winterberg & Kerstin Lieff -- "The Wolf Children of the Eastern Front"
Category: Literary
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Thursday, Jan 11, 2024 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location
Boulder Bookstore
1107 Pearl St
Details
Sonya Winterberg and Kerstin Lieff will speak about and sign their new book, "The Wolf Children of the Eastern Front," on Thursday, January 11th at 6:30pm, at Boulder Bookstore. Tickets for this event are $5 (plus a small processing fee) and are available on Eventbrite.
About the Book:
During the bitter winter months of 1944-45, hundreds of thousands of Germans fled East Prussia from an advancing Red Army. With sometimes only minutes' notice, families escaped in horse-drawn carriages, or they simply ran on foot.
In the ensuing chaos, 20,000 children lost their families - to the mayhem, to starvation, epidemics or gunfire. While many died, there are the few that managed to survive. Their experiences are unimaginable: toes frozen off, endless hunger, rape, physical abuse. Those considered lucky were eventually taken in, even lovingly cared for, primarily by Lithuanian farmers, but nearly to the last of them, they grew into adulthood illiterate and poverty-stricken. Yet a surprising truth lives within nearly every one of these victims - an overwhelming sense of hope and forgiveness.
Told by the children who survived, the stories in "The Wolf Children of the Eastern Front" could well be the last eyewitness report of the aftermath of the Second World War.
IMPORTANT TICKETING AND EVENT INFORMATION
*Tickets are $5 (plus a small processing fee).
*A coupon good for $5 off a copy of "The Wolf Children of the Eastern Front," or a purchase on the day of the event is included with your ticket. You will receive this coupon at the event.
