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War Girl Lotte
In this extraordinary book, USA Today Bestselling author Marion Kummerow weaves a story of strength, heartbreak, and coming of age in the Third Reich.17-year-old Lotte is headstrong and stubborn, impulsive and outspoken, and an avowed enemy to injustice. In Nazi Germany, this can cost you your life.Sent to the countryside by her mother to escape the worst of the war, Lotte longs to return to Berlin. Bored and lonely, she seeks an escape from the tedious daily routine of her remote hamlet.When four Jewish children turn to her for help, she finally finds a protect the children and help them to escape. Her act of humanity will cost her and those she loves, dearly.Because there are worse things than boredom. There is Ravensbrück.In the notorious concentration camp, girls die. Only women survive.Reader who loved reading War Lotte"I truly loved reading this superb story. The storyline held me captive from beginning to end." - Goodread Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"War Girl Lotte is a wonderfully engaging tale of resistance and resilience that echoes across the decades." - Amazon Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A heart wrenching novel of courage – perfect for readers of The Book Thief, Diary of Anne Frank, and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
186 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 25, 2017
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Marion Kummerow
116 books420 followersMarion Kummerow was born and raised in Germany, before she set out to "discover the world" and lived in various countries. In 1999 she returned to Germany and settled down in Munich where she's now living with her family.
After dipping her toes with non-fiction books, she finally tackled the project dear to her heart. UNRELENTING is the story about her grandparents, who belonged to the German resistance and fought against the Nazi regime.
It's a book about resilience, love and the courage to stand up and do the right thing.
After dipping her toes with non-fiction books, she finally tackled the project dear to her heart. UNRELENTING is the story about her grandparents, who belonged to the German resistance and fought against the Nazi regime.
It's a book about resilience, love and the courage to stand up and do the right thing.
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September 1, 2017
The extremes a woman would go to give her sister the chance to escape from a hell-hole jail is just one of the moral dilemmas in this novel. The best-selling author, Ken Follett, once said moral dilemmas made the best stories. Marion Kummerow has done just that in this novel set in Germany in 1943.
Lotte Klausen is an impulsive, rebellious and outspoken teenager. She lives with her aunt and cousins because her mother thinks it’s too dangerous for her to be in Berlin. But her mother’s fear that Lotte’s fiery personality will get her – and others – into trouble is realised when Lotte harbours Jewish children whose parents have been taken away. She’s caught and endures the awful consequences.
She ends up at the notorious Ravensbrück concentration camp for women. Lotte’s sister, Anna, active in the resistance, has come to rescue her but the price she has to pay is enormous.
Marion Kummerow skilfully paints a picture of war-time Germany’s brutality and horror. But there’s also love and tenderness. The complexities and reality of what life was like is all here.
Lotte is a loveable character motivated by good. She has help along the way but ultimately she is left to battle for survival on her own. She develops into a brave opponent of the Nazi regime. Her evolution and depth is one of the many strengths of this page-turning novel.
War Girl Lotte is part of an eponymous series but can be read on its own. The author’s love and resistance series, which I’ve also read, is a must for World War II fiction fans.
Lotte Klausen is an impulsive, rebellious and outspoken teenager. She lives with her aunt and cousins because her mother thinks it’s too dangerous for her to be in Berlin. But her mother’s fear that Lotte’s fiery personality will get her – and others – into trouble is realised when Lotte harbours Jewish children whose parents have been taken away. She’s caught and endures the awful consequences.
She ends up at the notorious Ravensbrück concentration camp for women. Lotte’s sister, Anna, active in the resistance, has come to rescue her but the price she has to pay is enormous.
Marion Kummerow skilfully paints a picture of war-time Germany’s brutality and horror. But there’s also love and tenderness. The complexities and reality of what life was like is all here.
Lotte is a loveable character motivated by good. She has help along the way but ultimately she is left to battle for survival on her own. She develops into a brave opponent of the Nazi regime. Her evolution and depth is one of the many strengths of this page-turning novel.
War Girl Lotte is part of an eponymous series but can be read on its own. The author’s love and resistance series, which I’ve also read, is a must for World War II fiction fans.
March 17, 2021
The youngest of three sisters, the teenaged Lotte is both impetuous and immature. She is well-portrayed in Book Two of the series. Dramatic events teach her to curb her impulsiveness. We see her mature, yet she loses none of her compassionate and caring nature.
Her harrowing time in the concentration camp is well-researched and documented. It depicts how a person’s will to survive takes over when the body cannot move another inch, as was the case when she climbed out of the mass grave.
The graphic description of the horrors of the camp will obviously upset some readers, but without such detail, the story would lose its dramatic impact and resemble a walk in the park. Authors who do diligent research into these grim aspects of the war and convey the facts through a novel are doing a service to humanity. This is what actually happened. Inconceivable as it seems, quite ordinary men and women were capable of inflicting unspeakable horrors on others, simply in following a warped ideology.
It is our duty to remember so that it never happens again.
Her harrowing time in the concentration camp is well-researched and documented. It depicts how a person’s will to survive takes over when the body cannot move another inch, as was the case when she climbed out of the mass grave.
The graphic description of the horrors of the camp will obviously upset some readers, but without such detail, the story would lose its dramatic impact and resemble a walk in the park. Authors who do diligent research into these grim aspects of the war and convey the facts through a novel are doing a service to humanity. This is what actually happened. Inconceivable as it seems, quite ordinary men and women were capable of inflicting unspeakable horrors on others, simply in following a warped ideology.
It is our duty to remember so that it never happens again.
June 26, 2018
I really enjoyed this book. It is engaging and kept me coming back to see what would happen next. Although it is the second of 7 books in the series, the description does say that it can be read as a stand alone selection. Although I don't feel like I missed anything by not reading the first book before this one, now I definitely want to go back and read it as well as all the others. Looks like I'll be busy for a while.
May 21, 2018
From the moment I picked up this book, I found it difficult to put down. The author's easy way of writing makes it an easy read. Her characters and their dialogue are realistic with a storyline that has enough twists and turns to keep it exciting. I find all her books page-turners. This book is definitely one for a time when you have a couple of 'me' hours.
September 24, 2017
Very good
Again, although this is a fictional account of WWII, the scenarios are all too real and were no doubt faced by many. Read this book
Again, although this is a fictional account of WWII, the scenarios are all too real and were no doubt faced by many. Read this book
February 17, 2021
This book is even better than the last. The series is terrific.
June 21, 2021
This story is a well-written follow-up to War Girl Ursula. Unlike her older, well-tempered sisters, Ursula and Anna, Lotte is impulsive and prone to finding herself in trouble for speaking her mind. To protect her from her rashness, Lotte is sent to her aunt's home/farm in the country (away from Berlin). However, the rural town cannot prevent Lotte from becoming entangled in an attempt to right the Nazi injustices she witnesses.
Filled with suspense up until the final pages, this story follows Lotte as she comes face to face with the brutality and evil of the Nazi regime. Not Pollyanna-ish in any way, this coming-of-age story shows the best and worst of humanity-- the juxtaposition of sadistic perpetrators with the power of love and sacrifice from family and friends.
Filled with suspense up until the final pages, this story follows Lotte as she comes face to face with the brutality and evil of the Nazi regime. Not Pollyanna-ish in any way, this coming-of-age story shows the best and worst of humanity-- the juxtaposition of sadistic perpetrators with the power of love and sacrifice from family and friends.
January 19, 2021
Lotte
Lotte is the youngest of three sisters and she was caught while she was hiding jews in her aunt barn. She ends up in work prison. She tries to survive in those inhuman conditions... This is the second part of the series and can't wait to see what will happen with the third sister Anna
Lotte is the youngest of three sisters and she was caught while she was hiding jews in her aunt barn. She ends up in work prison. She tries to survive in those inhuman conditions... This is the second part of the series and can't wait to see what will happen with the third sister Anna
October 19, 2017
..Unbelievable
This story is so horrific I have to read something light next. The Arthur was so in the time I thank her for sharing this unbelievable history.
This story is so horrific I have to read something light next. The Arthur was so in the time I thank her for sharing this unbelievable history.
September 3, 2017
Great book
I really loved the but think it should have been much longer. I really enjoyed enjoyed hearing what everyone went throught in prision camp and enjoyed how they escaped. I CAN NOT WAIIT FOR THE NEXT BOOK.
I really loved the but think it should have been much longer. I really enjoyed enjoyed hearing what everyone went throught in prision camp and enjoyed how they escaped. I CAN NOT WAIIT FOR THE NEXT BOOK.
May 19, 2018
Emotional
I felt like I was right beside Lotte and feeling her emotions for the rights of everyone. Her strength and compassion for everyone was remarkable. To read about the horrible, awful treatment of the Jews by the Nazis was sickening and so very, very sad.
I felt like I was right beside Lotte and feeling her emotions for the rights of everyone. Her strength and compassion for everyone was remarkable. To read about the horrible, awful treatment of the Jews by the Nazis was sickening and so very, very sad.
August 23, 2023
You want to be utterly disgusted, read this book. Thank God for Charlotte/Alexandra's sisters and their love for her.
June 16, 2018
I think I've read something else by this author, which is how I came to get this from Amazon when it was one of their daily specials. It didn't seem to matter that I hadn't read the first book in this series, I was able to fill in most, if not all, of the gaps. A quick read, so frustrating at times when things just keep going wrong, wrong, wrong! I know that's more realistic than if everything went right but arghhh ;) It's just so sad too, how so many people died because Lotte had tried, and failed, to do good. Makes you think sometimes it's best not to try and be a good samaritan at all. What a cruel time the 40s were :(
August 28, 2017
Marion Kummerow's writing gets better with each book
This book, the second of the series, was over way too soon, but nothing was missing in the story. It was exciting from start to finish, and it left me looking forward to the next book. It's always a good sign when you finish something wanting more.
This book, the second of the series, was over way too soon, but nothing was missing in the story. It was exciting from start to finish, and it left me looking forward to the next book. It's always a good sign when you finish something wanting more.
September 27, 2017
Quite a Story
This story started as one of a young girl thoughtlessly acting without knowing the consequences although her heart was in the right place. Lotte's character was well developed, and the difficulties of living under a totalitarian government of self-serving leaders gave me an appreciation of what it was like for everyday Germans to live under the Nazi regime. This story was also a testament of what the power of love can achieve. Definitely worth reading.
This story started as one of a young girl thoughtlessly acting without knowing the consequences although her heart was in the right place. Lotte's character was well developed, and the difficulties of living under a totalitarian government of self-serving leaders gave me an appreciation of what it was like for everyday Germans to live under the Nazi regime. This story was also a testament of what the power of love can achieve. Definitely worth reading.
July 15, 2018
Very good read
I enjoyed reading this book. Occasionally we forget how horrible the Jewish people were treated, it is amazing by of the survived.
I enjoyed reading this book. Occasionally we forget how horrible the Jewish people were treated, it is amazing by of the survived.
May 10, 2018
The women of WWII and the horrors of incarceration.
Such a sweet tale of the horrors of one family of German girls who are facing the realities of life in a Nazi government. You fall in love with the sweet girls and their dedication to each other. Sorrow faces them at every turn and yet their Christian faith and desire to see their countrymen safe again pushes them on in bravery. Read the whole series, it's wonderful.
Such a sweet tale of the horrors of one family of German girls who are facing the realities of life in a Nazi government. You fall in love with the sweet girls and their dedication to each other. Sorrow faces them at every turn and yet their Christian faith and desire to see their countrymen safe again pushes them on in bravery. Read the whole series, it's wonderful.
May 12, 2018
Very good and informative, hope to read rest of series.
October 13, 2018
YA Version of privation and suffering during WWII
Sanitized yet still horrifying chronicle of one young German teenager’s path from thoughtless rebellion against Nazism to her more mature mindset at the end of the book. The decades since the events have done nothing to diminish the impact of this story.
Sanitized yet still horrifying chronicle of one young German teenager’s path from thoughtless rebellion against Nazism to her more mature mindset at the end of the book. The decades since the events have done nothing to diminish the impact of this story.
June 5, 2018
A well written book but also difficult
I haven't read the first book in the War Girls series, but book two stands alone while leaving the door open for book 3 about Anna, sister to Lotte, the main character in this book. It's short so it's a fast read, but given the subject, it is a gut wrenching read at times. I think book 1 which focuses on oldest sister Ursula sets up the headstrong character of Lotte, who hates the Nazis and has been sent off to her aunt's farm in the country to keep her out of trouble with her forthright comments. Being Lotte, she manages to find trouble anyway. I didn't know about the work camp depicted in the book. That was the hardest part to read emotionally. It's appalling what human beings are capable of doing to one another. I applaud the author for keeping this vile history alive so we never forget. I am appalled that any American would call himself a Nazi. I plan to read the rest of the books in this series. It is good to remember that there were many Germans who fought the evils of the Third Reich any way they could.
I haven't read the first book in the War Girls series, but book two stands alone while leaving the door open for book 3 about Anna, sister to Lotte, the main character in this book. It's short so it's a fast read, but given the subject, it is a gut wrenching read at times. I think book 1 which focuses on oldest sister Ursula sets up the headstrong character of Lotte, who hates the Nazis and has been sent off to her aunt's farm in the country to keep her out of trouble with her forthright comments. Being Lotte, she manages to find trouble anyway. I didn't know about the work camp depicted in the book. That was the hardest part to read emotionally. It's appalling what human beings are capable of doing to one another. I applaud the author for keeping this vile history alive so we never forget. I am appalled that any American would call himself a Nazi. I plan to read the rest of the books in this series. It is good to remember that there were many Germans who fought the evils of the Third Reich any way they could.
June 6, 2018
17-year-old Charlotte Klaussen is headstrong and unafraid to question authority, dangerous traits in Nazi Germany. When the neighboring Jewish orphans come to her for help, she thinks nothing of hiding them in her aunt's barn. The decision may set off a chain reaction of events with further-reaching consequences than she can imagine.
Marion Kummerow does such a good job of presenting events from the viewpoint of Lotte, that the reader is forced to confront just what he or she would do under the circumstances. The book is an easy read and difficult to put down, even though some of the subject matter is difficult to face. Lotte and the reader are faced with a new surprise at every turn.
War Girl Lotte is a wonderfully engaging tale of resistance and resilience that echoes across the decades.
Marion Kummerow does such a good job of presenting events from the viewpoint of Lotte, that the reader is forced to confront just what he or she would do under the circumstances. The book is an easy read and difficult to put down, even though some of the subject matter is difficult to face. Lotte and the reader are faced with a new surprise at every turn.
War Girl Lotte is a wonderfully engaging tale of resistance and resilience that echoes across the decades.
June 11, 2018
A must read!
A well written account of Germany during WW2. This story should be required reading for all high school students. Excellent account of history.
A well written account of Germany during WW2. This story should be required reading for all high school students. Excellent account of history.
May 29, 2018
It was interesting to read from the perspective of the German citizens during the World War II time frame. The point of view is realistic and enlightening for me because I have predominantly read WW2 literature from either the Jewish or Nazi perspective. I enjoyed how Lotte Klausen represented the average German citizen. She also wanted justice for all and didn’t look at the Jewish people in a negative light. Lotte is headstrong, outspoken, and a little naive initially in her almost feministic attitude. I applaud her strength and courage as she faces atrocious adversities.
The author pulls you back in time to the worst moments of Nazi-occupied Germany. I felt like I was there in that time as I read each word conflicted with the same moral and ethical dilemmas that Lotte and Irmhild were faced with. I was surprised at how much this story pulled me in. The horrific accuracy that people faced during those times was terrifying and tear-jerking. I was on the edge of my seat and hated putting it down. Every chapter I waited for Lotte to catch a break. It was realistic and far from predictable.
If you are looking for a historical fiction that is realistic and captivating, then this book is for you.
The author pulls you back in time to the worst moments of Nazi-occupied Germany. I felt like I was there in that time as I read each word conflicted with the same moral and ethical dilemmas that Lotte and Irmhild were faced with. I was surprised at how much this story pulled me in. The horrific accuracy that people faced during those times was terrifying and tear-jerking. I was on the edge of my seat and hated putting it down. Every chapter I waited for Lotte to catch a break. It was realistic and far from predictable.
If you are looking for a historical fiction that is realistic and captivating, then this book is for you.
June 8, 2018
Excellent,sad and a page turner
Anyone who enjoys history and a touching story will consume this book. Such cruelty and yet tenderness. So many contradictions of life as we know it b today and the shell on earth the Nazi's created .
Anyone who enjoys history and a touching story will consume this book. Such cruelty and yet tenderness. So many contradictions of life as we know it b today and the shell on earth the Nazi's created .
May 27, 2018
It’s started a bit slowly, and read almost as a juvenile book, but really delved into the harsh realities of life in Nazi Germany.
May 24, 2018
Lotte
Enjoy ed the story. Unfortunately the story was fiction but very close to the truth. History has proven the horror of Hitler's regimen. Lotte was like many of us in life. We fail to think our actions through and end up hurting others and ourselves.
Enjoy ed the story. Unfortunately the story was fiction but very close to the truth. History has proven the horror of Hitler's regimen. Lotte was like many of us in life. We fail to think our actions through and end up hurting others and ourselves.
May 24, 2018
Excellent book. I could not put it down. Just as if I was there. Horrid WW2 historical narrative.
August 27, 2018
The story of Lotte a brave, outspoken girl.
I found the characters in War Girl Lotte to be believable and the story consistent with World War II time frame. This book is full of emotions due to the nature of the story and had me wanting to continue reading until the end of the book. The book War Girl Lotte also has several twists in the plot that I was not expecting. I haven't read any of the author's other stories in this series and liked the fact that this was a stand alone book and easy to figure out the relationships between characters. I plan to read the other books in this series in the future.
I found the characters in War Girl Lotte to be believable and the story consistent with World War II time frame. This book is full of emotions due to the nature of the story and had me wanting to continue reading until the end of the book. The book War Girl Lotte also has several twists in the plot that I was not expecting. I haven't read any of the author's other stories in this series and liked the fact that this was a stand alone book and easy to figure out the relationships between characters. I plan to read the other books in this series in the future.
August 22, 2018
This was a well written WWII story from the partisan insider point of view, with equal time given to the nationalistic German POV. There were good and bad people on either side in the war. Personal honor and loyalty were tested and strength required to survive intact
March 4, 2018
Spunky Lotte
I loved this book,! Lotte has a strong sense of right and wrong. She is such a brave young girl as she has one roadblock after the other as she attempts to save the lives of a Jewish family during World War II. She is the loyal friend that everyone needs as we navigate the path of adversity.
I loved this book,! Lotte has a strong sense of right and wrong. She is such a brave young girl as she has one roadblock after the other as she attempts to save the lives of a Jewish family during World War II. She is the loyal friend that everyone needs as we navigate the path of adversity.
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