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Nobody Knew
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Nobody Knew is about the years Win Straube spent as a young apprentice in Germany, leading up to and following the fire bombing and burning of Dresden. It deals with the realities and survival of a young East German in the face of adversity during World War II and how he came to prevail in a new and challenging world. This book consists of the sections removed from his earlier book, Enjoying the Ride, also an autobiographical account of his earlier years.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 01. Introduction
- Chapter 02. From Peace to War
- Chapter 03. Growing up Fast
- Chapter 04. Holocaust End Run
- Chapter 05. Escape to Where?
- Chapter 06. End of the Line
- Chapter 07. Quo Vadis? (Latin: Where are you going?)
- Chapter 08. Winter 1946/47
- Chapter 09. Living Dangerously
- Chapter 10. The Grass on the Other Side of the Fence
- Chapter 11. Finding the Pieces That Fit
- Chapter 12. Out of the Family Treasure Box
- Chapter 13. How it All Began
- Chapter 14. Turning Today Into Tomorrow
- Chapter 15. From the Old to the New World
- Chapter 16. Ontario, Canada
- Chapter 17. Toward Closure
- Chapter 18. Wrong Blood
- Appendix
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