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When Time Stood Still
"Please follow me, a young girl who escaped the horror of bombing in her home city of Hamburg, Germany. I experienced heaven and hell, and far more life-threatening situations in Russia, where I met the love of my life. It is my own story, true in every detail."
For twenty-year-old Gisel, war under Nazi German rule is a way of life. She wants to experience love, life, and adventure like any other young woman. However, there are sacrifices that Gisel has to make, living in a war zone, like not having enough to eat, having to contend with sirens, and the fear of one’s house being bombed at night.
In an effort to live a better life and to obtain a better job, Gisel takes a job in Russia with the Naval Department, where she meets handsome and single Hermann Roediger, an attorney for the German Navy. He is several years older than her, but they fall in love amidst many obstacles, including facing being separated from each other.
In When Time Stood Still, Gisela Roediger relates her experience of World War II through the eyes of an insider in Germany, finding employment, intrigue, romance as war spreads throughout the continent of Europe in this fascinating memoir of love, commitment, loss, and resilience of the human spirit.
For twenty-year-old Gisel, war under Nazi German rule is a way of life. She wants to experience love, life, and adventure like any other young woman. However, there are sacrifices that Gisel has to make, living in a war zone, like not having enough to eat, having to contend with sirens, and the fear of one’s house being bombed at night.
In an effort to live a better life and to obtain a better job, Gisel takes a job in Russia with the Naval Department, where she meets handsome and single Hermann Roediger, an attorney for the German Navy. He is several years older than her, but they fall in love amidst many obstacles, including facing being separated from each other.
In When Time Stood Still, Gisela Roediger relates her experience of World War II through the eyes of an insider in Germany, finding employment, intrigue, romance as war spreads throughout the continent of Europe in this fascinating memoir of love, commitment, loss, and resilience of the human spirit.
236 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 4, 2016
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