Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, U.S.A., 1940
Seller: The Pine Tree, Minocqua, WI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. Inside clean with no hgihlighting or underscoring. Grey boards with red lettering and design. Boards have corners bumped, edgewear, scuffing, bend-overs at edges of spine, and staining from use. These are recollections of the author's after her arrival in America and some background material is furnished by her father. Some contents: Who is Hitler, Mother?; I Don't Think I'll Like Hitler; Will There Be War?; Hitler's Little Red School House; Cardboard Pigs; German Children Don't Smile; Oh Joy We're Back in America!
Published by Harper & Brothers, [1940]., New York & London:, 1940
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
8vo. 312, [2] pp. Title in red & blk. Beige cloth, red lettering, w/ d.j. stark red & black cover art (minor chipping head of spine, very minor edgewear), NF/VG copy. First edition of this very scarce memoir by a 12-year-old American girl who lived in Berlin during the bitterest of the Jewish holocaust, finally escaping by a bare margin to the U.S. with her father Gregor Ziemer who had been the headmaster of the American School in Berlin. This memoir offers a chilling account of the Hitler youth, the attacks after Hitler became Chancellor, and much more.