"Letters Home" is a unique account of daily life for a military
family living in Occupied Germany as they experienced the aftermath
of World War II and the dawning of the Cold War. Through extensive
letters written home to family left behind in America and
supplemented by interviews with the family, the reader will
discover insights not seen elsewhere.
Few books about the postwar period mention American families
living in Germany, yet thousands were relocated and there was an
extensive system of high schools - including sports teams, dances,
and other everyday aspects of American life.
The historically significant letters are part travelogue, part
eyewitness account to the War Crimes Trials, part brand new
material on the plight of the DPs--the refugees unwelcome in
Germany and unable to go back to their homelands for fear of what
the Russians would do to them.
A marvelous piece of Americana with a touch of Innocents
Abroad, Letters Home adds a human angle to the turbulent years of
1947-1949--a human aspect to events not available in any other
source on the occupation.
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