Lali and her husband Freddy Horstmann, a retired diplomat, were living at the end of the war at Kerzendorf, an elegant eighteenth-century house in a small park, fifteen miles east of Berlin. This book tells the story of the last months of the war under the desperate and demoralised Nazis and the terrifying arrival of the Russians. It ends tragically in early 1946 when the secret police arrive and take Freddy Horstmann away.First published in 1953, Nothing for Tears evokes the mixture of fear and violence, deprivation and gratitude, gallantry and sometimes even gaiety, of that time. Quietly and simply told, it is an eloquent and heartbreaking story.

Nothing for Tears

Religion & Spirituality

Horstmann, Lali

New Age & Spirituality

Orion Pub Co

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Europe

Nabu Press

The true story of one family's struggle in the chaos of Germany's defeat in 1945--and one with an ending both heartbreaking and sadly ironic. Toward the end of the war, Lali Horstman and her husband Freddy were living in an elegant 18th-century home, until Allied bombers destroyed the building. The Horstmans grabbed what they could and moved into a small agent's house in the park; it was there Russian agents came one spring night and took Freddy away. Only by chance, two and a half years later, did Lali learn the truth about her husband's fate... "Outstanding"--The Times.

Military

Phoenix

The true story of one family's struggle in the chaos of Germany's defeat in 1945 Towards the end of the Second World War, Lali Horstmann and her husband Freddy, a retired diplomat and art collector, were living at Kerzendorf, an elegant eighteenth-century house with a small park, avenues, statues and a garden, fifteen miles east of Berlin. The house was destroyed one night by allied bombers and the Horstmanns moved into the agent's little house in the park. It was to this small house that the Russian Secret Police came one spring night in1946 and took Freddy away with them into the dark. Two and a half years later Lali learned, almost by chance, that Freddy had died of starvation in a Russian concentration camp only a few miles from their home. Lali Horstmann's account of the last months of the war under the desperate and demoralised Nazis, and the terrifying arrival of the Russians, is both eloquent and heartbreaking.

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Historical

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

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Nothing for Tears

Nothing For Tears

Nothing For Tears

Nothing For Tears

Nothing For Tears