American Hamburger: An American Girl in Nazi Germany - Softcover

Buchholtz, Helen H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 188477895X ISBN 13: 9781884778957

Publisher: Old Mountain Press, 2001

Synopsis

In 1938, Helen, the daughter of a naturalized American mother of German birth and a German father, who as a merchant seaman, had "jumped ship" to stay in this country, was torn from her idyllic life in New York when immigration authorities discovered her father's illegal status. Forced to return to Germany, with the hope of gaining legal re-entry to the U.S., her father decided to include his family in the sojourn, rather than risk what might entail a lengthy separation.

Thus began a saga with which the author provides a compelling account of daily life in Germany during the years just prior to the beginning of World War II, and sweeps the reader along through the horrors of the total destruction of the city of Hamburg by Allied bombers in July of 1943.

It is a story told from the unusual perspective of a family that could not enjoy total acceptance by either the culture of their choice or of their roots, and will permit insights into areas of German life rarely found in other wartime reminiscences.

About this title

About the Author

Helen lives in Palm Coast, Florida with her agent husband Stan, who books her lectures to clubs, colleges, and service or religious organizations.

Review

Second place adult non-fiction award winner- 2001 National Conference of the National League of American Pen Women. -- The Pen Woman, February 2002

Edition details

• Publisher: Old Mountain Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 188477895X
• ISBN 13: 9781884778957
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 134