Return to Dresden

247 Pages·2004·11.132 MB·English

by  Maria Ritter

Return to Dresden
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Return to Dresden
MARIA RITTER
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI Jackson
www.upress.state.ms.us
The University Press of Mississippi is a member
of the Association of American University Presses.
Copyright © 2004 by University Press of Mississippi
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hitter, Maria.
Return to Dresden / Maria Hitter,
p. cm.
ISBN 1-57806-596-8 (alk. paper)
1. Hitter, Maria. 2. Dresden (Germany)—Biography.
3. German Americans—Biography. 4. World War, 1939-1945—
Psychological aspects. 5. Forced migration—Germany—Dresden.
6. Refugees—Germany (East). I. Title.
D811.R5732004
940.53'432142'092—dc22 2003012683
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data available
To my children, Peter and Lisa, and their families
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All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story
or tell a story about them.—ISAK DINESEN
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C O N T E N TS
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
A Small Voice
XV
Prologue
The Mitzvah
xxiii
CHAPTER ONE
On the Road Home
3
CHAPTER TWO
Through the Night (1949)
22
CHAPTER THREE
Out of the Deep (1945)
50
CHAPTER FOUR
The Open Window
96
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