Between Two Homelands: Letters Across the Borders of Nazi Germany

by Hester Velmans

In 1920, at the age of thirteen, Irmgard Gebensleben first traveled from Germany to The Netherlands on a "war-children transport." She would later marry a Dutch man and live and raise her family there while keeping close to her German family and friends through the frequent exchange of letters. Yet during this period geography was not all that separated them. Increasing divergence in political opinions and eventual war between their countries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025207985X
• ISBN13: 9780252079856
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"