The wolf children of the eastern front: alone and forgotten
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Barnsley; Havertown
Pen & Sword Military
2022
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Literaturverzeichnis Register // Personenregister Register // Gemischte Register |
| Physical Description: | xv, 239 Seiten Illustrationen, Porträts 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781399014601 |
Staff View
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV048610823 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 20240603 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 221214s2022 ac|| |||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9781399014601 |c hardback |9 978-1-39901-460-1 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)1355309714 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV048610823 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rda | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 049 | |a DE-B1595 |a DE-12 | ||
| 084 | |a OST |q DE-12 |2 fid | ||
| 084 | |a HIST |q DE-12 |2 fid | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Winterberg, Sonya |d 1970- |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)137629400 |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a The wolf children of the eastern front |b alone and forgotten |c Sonya Winterberg with Kerstin Lieff ; [preface by John Kay, frontman of Steppenwolf] |
| 264 | 1 | |a Barnsley; Havertown |b Pen & Sword Military |c 2022 | |
| 300 | |a xv, 239 Seiten |b Illustrationen, Porträts |c 24 cm | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 648 | 7 | |a Geschichte 1945-1948 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Kriegswaise |0 (DE-588)4299510-3 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Existenzkampf |0 (DE-588)4727032-9 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Deutsche |0 (DE-588)4070334-4 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Besetzung |0 (DE-588)4006020-2 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 651 | 7 | |a Ostpreußen |z Nord |0 (DE-588)4044098-9 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
| 653 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 / Children / Europe, Eastern | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Children | |
| 653 | 2 | |a Eastern Europe | |
| 653 | 4 | |a 1939-1945 | |
| 689 | 0 | 0 | |a Ostpreußen |z Nord |0 (DE-588)4044098-9 |D g |
| 689 | 0 | 1 | |a Besetzung |0 (DE-588)4006020-2 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 2 | |a Deutsche |0 (DE-588)4070334-4 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 3 | |a Kriegswaise |0 (DE-588)4299510-3 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 4 | |a Existenzkampf |0 (DE-588)4727032-9 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 5 | |a Geschichte 1945-1948 |A z |
| 689 | 0 | |5 DE-604 | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Lieff, Kerstin |d 1952- |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)133006903X |4 aut | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Kay, John |d 1944- |0 (DE-588)119339242 |4 wpr | |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033986194&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033986194&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Literaturverzeichnis |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033986194&sequence=000005&line_number=0003&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Register // Personenregister |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033986194&sequence=000007&line_number=0004&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Register // Gemischte Register |
| 940 | 1 | |n oe | |
| 940 | 1 | |n DHB | |
| 940 | 1 | |q BSB_NED_20240603 | |
| 940 | 1 | |q DHB_BSB_FID | |
| 942 | 1 | 1 | |c 306.09 |e 22/bsb |f 09044 |g 947.08 |
| 942 | 1 | 1 | |c 306.09 |e 22/bsb |f 09044 |g 43 |
Record in the Search Index
| _version_ | 1805077030066192384 |
|---|---|
| adam_text |
Contents Preface by John Kay Prologue ix xii Chapter 1 A Day of Reckoning 1 Chapter 2 Memories of Königsberg 9 Chapter 3 Peace and War 14 Chapter 4 The Stunde Null 33 Chapter 5 Abandoned 46 Chapter 6 The Land of Bread and Cake 58 Chapter 7 Wolf Children and Forest Brothers 70 Chapter 8 Shelter and Kindness 78 Chapter 9 The Decision 89 Chapter 10 Captured and Deported 103 Chapter 11 The Allure of the New Germany 111 Chapter 12 In the West 126 Chapter 13 Strangers in a Strange Land 136 Chapter 14 Then and Now 153 Chapter 15 Policies and Politics 187 Chapter 16 Longing for Königsberg 202 Epilogue by Kerstin Liejf Editorial Note by Sonya Winterberg Bibliography Illustration Credits Index 221 224 226 228 229
Index Names Briskorn, Eva, 16-20, 23, 33, 51, 63-4, 81-2 Gisela, sister, 20, 33, 35, 51, 63 Manfred, brother, 33, 35 Reinhard, brother, 33 Rudi, brother, 33, 35 Sabine, sister, 20, 33, 35 Siegfried, brother, 33-4 Otto and Gisela, parents, 16-17,19-20 Czajka, Agathe, 107-109 Bruno, brother, 107,109 Johann, father, 107 Dejok, Liesbeth, 22-3, 27, 38-41, 47-8, 169-72 Elzbieta (Dejokiené), Lith. name, 169 Helene, sister, 27 Deske, Ruth, 44-5, 60-3, 70, 96-7,99-100, 187-8,198 Biruté ([Rüta] Tamutyté), Lith. maiden name, 97 (Biruté Gorienê, Lith. married name) Helga, sister, 44, 61-2 Karl-Heinz, brother, 44, 61-3, 96-7, 99 Siegfried, brother, 44, 61 Irene (Goryté), daughter, 99 Vacys (Gorys), husband, 99 Dorn, Ursula, 200 Dudas, Margot, 95,189-90 Eidukaitis, Jonas, 196-7 Hartmut, Germ, name, 196 Elm, Rita, 41-2, 45 Erlach, Johanna, 79-80 Maria and Hannah, friends, 80 Falk, Helmut, 28-9 Fischer, Horst, 101 Kostas Galinaitis, Lith. name, 101 Manfred, brother, 101 Fischer, Inge, xiii Janina Griska, Lith. name, xiii Fischer, Konrad, 71-2, 100 Jonas Laimonas, Lith. name, 100 Gerhard, brother, 71 Helmut, brother, 71 Hugo, brother, 71-2 Agota, adoptive mother, 72, 100 Fritz, Uwe, 175-7,179,181-2,185-6,198, 202-209 Bronius Dapkus, Lith. name, 175 Gladstein, Hans (also Harz or Heinz), 91 Alfred, brother, 91 Grävert, Kurt, 178 Gröning, Dieter, 27, 58, 97,124-5 Brigitte, sister, 124-5 Elfriede, sister, 124-5 Gerhard, brother, 124-5 Gisela, sister, 124-5 Mutti (mummy), 124-5 Tante Ursel, Auntie Ursel’ (orphanage house mother), 124 Gudovius, Gerhard, 4-5, 11, 20-1, 26-7, 31, 51-2, 56, 58,
70-1, 86-8, 97-8, 118-20,129-33 Gerhardas, Lith. name, 4, 97 Michael, friend, 20-1 Nachtigall, Herr, teacher, 21 Herta, mother, 20 Gerlinde, wife, 4-5,130-2 Haak, Ursula, 15, 28, 53-5, 56-7, 98-9 Erich, brother, 28 Franz, brother, 28 Heinz, brother, 28 Horst, brother, 57, 98-9 Paul, brother, 28 Willy, brother, 28, 53, 57, 98-9 Anna and Albert, parents, 15, 28, 54 Haupt, Annemarie, 177,178
230 The Wolf Children of the Eastern Front Heim, Gerhard, 41-2 Hilde, sister, 42 Herzmann, Rudi, 187, 189, 201 Christel, sister, 201 Romalda, wife, 201 Horn, Hilde (Hildegard), 49-51, 89, 102 Helmut, brother, 51 Hundrieser, Ursula, 80-1 Kenzler, Heinrich, 117-18 Keusling, Bernhard, 72-4, 99 Mikas Pelgius, foster father, 73-4 Kießling, Bernhard, 41-2, 42-4 Ilse, sister, 42-3 Klein, Bruno, 52-3, 85-6,172-5 Heinz, brother, 172 Danuté, daughter, 172 Elvira, daughter, 172 Vida, daughter, 172 Willy, father, 172 Aldona, wife, 172-4 Klein, Herbert, 179-81,198 Knispel, Ingrid, 196-7 Kösling, Renate, 153-5 Jadvyga, Lith. name, 153 Erwin, brother, 155 Herbert, brother, 155 Ursula, sister, 155 Frida Kösling, mother, 155 Juraté, daughter, 153 Kösling, Siegfried, 155,157 Günther, brother, 157 Irmgard, sister, 157 Fritz and Gertrud, parents, 157 Warwara, wife, 158 Launert, Gisela, 90-1 Karin, sister, 90 Liedke, Rudolf, 114-18 Irmgard, sister, 114-18 Peterchen, brother, 115 Sieglinde, sister, 114-18 Heinrich Kenzler, husband, 117-18 Ulrich, brother, 114,116-18 Waltraud, sister, 114, 116-18 Lindenau, Rudi, 6, 7 Methee, Karl-Heinz, 179 Minnt, Waltraut, xiv-xv, 105-107, 110, 182-6 Fritz, brother, xv Vaclavas, son, 184 Aysté, granddaughter, 182 Müller, Dora, 55-6, 68-9, 78-9 Arthur, friend, 78-9 Müller, Elfriede, 104-105, 109-10 Gustav, brother, 104-105,109 Neumann, Hans, xii-xiii Jonas (Eidukaitis), Lith. name, xiii Gerhard, brother, xii Hermann, father, xiii Nitsch, Christel, 36-7, 64-8, 84-5 Albert, brother, 36 Gertrud, sister, 64-5, 67 Klaus, son, 64-5, 67 Sofia and Josef, foster parents,
68, 84-5 Nadja, Sofia’s sister, 68 Petereit, Hans Joachim, 104, 110 Piklaps, Arnold, 155,162 Plink, Alfred, 155-7,158-62 Helga, sister, 159, 161 Helmut, brother, 161 Ursula, sister, 159-61 Anna, mother, 159,161 Ona (Plinkiené), wife, 161 Dangoulé, daughter, 161 Edvardas, son, 161 Plonus, Christel, 88 Pose, Joachim, 74-5, 112-14,126-8 Klaus, brother, 113 Peter, brother, 113 Auntie Bertchen, mother’s sister, 113 Quitsch, Luise, 92-5, 162-9,198-9, 202, 209-19 Alfreda Pipiraité, Lith. maiden name, 162 (Alfreda Kazukauskiené, Lith. married name) Edith, sister, 164, 166-9 Günther, brother, 164-9 Hans, brother, 164-8 Hilde, sister, 164-8 Wilhelm, brother, 164-5 Trudi, cousin, 164-5 Aleksei, neighbour, 218 Gertrud Kabeck, former neighbour, 166 Klara (Kabeck), friend (and daughter of Gertrud Kabeck), 218
Index Ranglack, Anna, 177, 200, 202 Rapp, Eva, 120-3, 133-5 Evelyne Tannehill, Amer, name, 134-5 Douglas, brother, 120 Erwin, brother, 120-1 Henry, brother, 120-3, 133 Vera, sister, 120 Herbert, father, 120 Agnes, roommate, 122 Tante Elsbeth, aunt, 123 Rehberg, Käthe, 179 Riess, Erika, 82-4 Heinz, brother, 82-4 Roscher, Günther, 101 Sauerbaum, Erika, 11-12, 136-47 Scheffler, Christel, 4, 24, 92, 100, 137-52, 201-220 Aldona Zigmantiené, Lith. name, 92, 137, 141 Käthe Windt, given name, 137, 139 Keti, possible former name, 139 Kitty, nickname, 24, 29-30, 92, 95, 139-48, 214-15 231 Gerhard Windt, brother, 24, 139-48 Fritz and Gertrud Windt, foster parents, 141 Paul, son, 150 Peter, son, 150 Schneider, Erna, 5-6 Schulz, Lieselotte, 104,109 Hannelore, sister, 109 Swars, Manfred, 199 Siurkiené, Juraté, daughter, 199 Unkat, Günther, xii Anna, mother, xii Wegner, Lothar, 24-5, 37-8 Horst, brother, 24, 37 Ingrid, sister, 24, 37-8 Weintke, Hannelore, 144 Willuweit, Arnold (Arno), 59-60, 75-6, 102 Gisela, sister, 59 Heinz, brother, 59-60, 75-6,102 Hilde, wife {see Horn, Hildegard) General Adenauer, Konrad, 126 Afghanistan, 150 Albertina, Sister (Order of St Francis), 204 Alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, 6, 87, 132, 150,168,197,210 Alienburg (Russ. Druzhba), 208 Allenstein (Pol. Olsztyn), 107 Allies/Allied Forces, 41, 42 Amalienau, quarter of Königsberg (Russ. Oktyabrskye/Zentralny), 16 America, 120, 133 American, 103,130,134 citizen/s, 120, 133 controlled West Germany, ix, 129 military, 130 occupied zones, 129,130 passport, 120 Anti-Soviet Agitation see Gulag Applebaum, Anne, 103
Arctic, 108 Sea, 103 Arendt, Hannah, 49 Arnstadt, ix Auerbachs Keller, 10 Australia, 133 Authorities, 39, 104, 122, 127, 171 German, 127,137,171 Nazi, ix Russian see Russian: authorities Baba Stasia, 218 Baltic Sea, 9, 12, 30, 46, 71, 110, 113, 155 evacuation attempts to cross, 37, 43 refugees on the coast of, 161 Baltic States, xiii, 76, 187, 194 Balkans, 24 German-Baltic Parliament Circle, 194 Banktinsee, 42, 207 Barracks: Biberach, 129 Chelyabinsk, 108-109 for children, Russian, 122 Friedland, 129 Kaunas, 92 Konigsberg, 56
Index Names Briskorn, Eva, 16-20, 23, 33, 51, 63-4, 81-2 Gisela, sister, 20, 33, 35, 51, 63 Manfred, brother, 33, 35 Reinhard, brother, 33 Rudi, brother, 33, 35 Sabine, sister, 20, 33, 35 Siegfried, brother, 33-4 Otto and Gisela, parents, 16-17,19-20 Czajka, Agathe, 107-109 Bruno, brother, 107,109 Johann, father, 107 Dejok, Liesbeth, 22-3, 27, 38-41, 47-8, 169-72 Elzbieta (Dejokiené), Lith. name, 169 Helene, sister, 27 Deske, Ruth, 44-5,60-3, 70, 96-7, 99-100, 187-8,198 Biruté ([Rüta] Tamutyté), Lith. maiden name, 97 (Biruté Goriené, Lith. married name) Helga, sister, 44, 61-2 Karl-Heinz, brother, 44, 61-3, 96-7, 99 Siegfried, brother, 44, 61 Irene (Goryté), daughter, 99 Vacys (Gorys), husband, 99 Dorn, Ursula, 200 Dudas, Margot, 95,189-90 Eidukaitis, Jonas, 196-7 Hartmut, Germ, name, 196 Elm, Rita, 41-2, 45 Erlach, Johanna, 79-80 Maria and Hannah, friends, 80 Falk, Helmut, 28-9 Fischer, Horst, 101 Kostas Galinaitis, Lith. name, 101 Manfred, brother, 101 Fischer, Inge, xiii Janina Griska, Lith. name, xiii Fischer, Konrad, 71-2,100 Jonas Laimonas, Lith. name, 100 Gerhard, brother, 71 Helmut, brother, 71 Hugo, brother, 71-2 Agota, adoptive mother, 72,100 Fritz, Uwe, 175-7,179,181-2,185-6,198, 202-209 Bronius Dapkus, Lith. name, 175 Gladstein, Hans (also Harz or Heinz), 91 Alfred, brother, 91 Grävert, Kurt, 178 Gröning, Dieter, 27, 58, 97,124-5 Brigitte, sister, 124-5 Elfriede, sister, 124-5 Gerhard, brother, 124-5 Gisela, sister, 124-5 Mutti (mummy), 124-5 Tante Ursel, Auntie Ursel’ (orphanage house mother), 124 Gudovius, Gerhard, 4-5, 11, 20-1, 26-7, 31, 51-2, 56, 58, 70-1,
86-8, 97-8, 118-20,129-33 Gerhardas, Lith. name, 4, 97 Michael, friend, 20-1 Nachtigall, Herr, teacher, 21 Herta, mother, 20 Gerlinde, wife, 4-5, 130-2 Haak, Ursula, 15, 28, 53-5, 56-7, 98-9 Erich, brother, 28 Franz, brother, 28 Heinz, brother, 28 Horst, brother, 57, 98-9 Paul, brother, 28 Willy, brother, 28, 53, 57, 98-9 Anna and Albert, parents, 15, 28, 54 Haupt, Annemarie, 177, 178
230 The Wolf Children of the Eastern Front Heim, Gerhard, 41-2 Hilde, sister, 42 Herzmann, Rudi, 187, 189, 201 Christel, sister, 201 Romalda, wife, 201 Horn, Hilde (Hildegard), 49-51, 89, 102 Helmut, brother, 51 Hundrieser, Ursula, 80-1 Kenzler, Heinrich, 117-18 Keusling, Bernhard, 72-4, 99 Mikas Pelgius, foster father, 73-4 Kießling, Bernhard, 41-2, 42-4 Ilse, sister, 42-3 Klein, Bruno, 52-3, 85-6,172-5 Heinz, brother, 172 Danuté, daughter, 172 Elvira, daughter, 172 Vida, daughter, 172 Willy, father, 172 Aldona, wife, 172-4 Klein, Herbert, 179-81,198 Knispel, Ingrid, 196-7 Kösling, Renate, 153-5 Jadvyga, Lith. name, 153 Erwin, brother, 155 Herbert, brother, 155 Ursula, sister, 155 Frida Kösling, mother, 155 Juraté, daughter, 153 Kösling, Siegfried, 155,157 Günther, brother, 157 Irmgard, sister, 157 Fritz and Gertrud, parents, 157 Warwara, wife, 158 Launert, Gisela, 90-1 Karin, sister, 90 Liedke, Rudolf, 114-18 Irmgard, sister, 114-18 Peterchen, brother, 115 Sieglinde, sister, 114-18 Heinrich Kenzler, husband, 117-18 Ulrich, brother, 114,116-18 Waltraud, sister, 114, 116-18 Lindenau, Rudi, 6, 7 Methee, Karl-Heinz, 179 Minnt, Waltraut, xiv-xv, 105-107, 110, 182-6 Fritz, brother, xv Vaclavas, son, 184 Aysté, granddaughter, 182 Müller, Dora, 55-6, 68-9, 78-9 Arthur, friend, 78-9 Müller, Elfriede, 104-105,109-10 Gustav, brother, 104-105,109 Neumann, Hans, xii-xiii Jonas (Eidukaitis), Lith. name, xiii Gerhard, brother, xii Hermann, father, xiii Nitsch, Christel, 36-7, 64-8, 84-5 Albert, brother, 36 Gertrud, sister, 64-5, 67 Klaus, son, 64-5, 67 Sofia and Josef, foster parents,
68, 84-5 Nadja, Sofia’s sister, 68 Petereit, Hans Joachim, 104, 110 Piklaps, Arnold, 155,162 Plink, Alfred, 155-7,158-62 Helga, sister, 159,161 Helmut, brother, 161 Ursula, sister, 159-61 Anna, mother, 159, 161 Ona (Plinkiené), wife, 161 Dangoulé, daughter, 161 Edvardas, son, 161 Plonus, Christel, 88 Pose, Joachim, 74-5, 112-14, 126-8 Klaus, brother, 113 Peter, brother, 113 Auntie Bertchen, mother’s sister, 113 Quitsch, Luise, 92-5, 162-9, 198-9, 202, 209-19 Alfreda Pipiraité, Lith. maiden name, 162 (Alfreda Kazukauskiené, Lith. married name) Edith, sister, 164, 166-9 Günther, brother, 164-9 Hans, brother, 164-8 Hilde, sister, 164-8 Wilhelm, brother, 164-5 Trudi, cousin, 164-5 Aleksei, neighbour, 218 Gertrud Kabeck, former neighbour, 166 Klara (Kabeck), friend (and daughter of Gertrud Kabeck), 218
Index Ranglack, Anna, 177, 200, 202 Rapp, Eva, 120-3,133-5 Evelyne Tannehill, Amer, name, 134-5 Douglas, brother, 120 Erwin, brother, 120-1 Henry, brother, 120-3, 133 Vera, sister, 120 Herbert, father, 120 Agnes, roommate, 122 Tante Elsbeth, aunt, 123 Rehberg, Käthe, 179 Riess, Erika, 82-4 Heinz, brother, 82-4 Roscher, Günther, 101 Sauerbaum, Erika, 11-12,136-47 Scheffler, Christel, 4, 24, 92,100,137-52, 201-220 Aldona Zigmantienè, Lith. name, 92, 137,141 Käthe Windt, given name, 137, 139 Keti, possible former name, 139 Kitty, nickname, 24, 29-30, 92, 95, 139-48, 214-15 231 Gerhard Windt, brother, 24, 139-48 Fritz and Gertrud Windt, foster parents, 141 Paul, son, 150 Peter, son, 150 Schneider, Erna, 5-6 Schulz, Lieselotte, 104, 109 Hannelore, sister, 109 Swars, Manfred, 199 Siurkiené, Juraté, daughter, 199 Unkat, Günther, xii Anna, mother, xii Wegner, Lothar, 24-5, 37-8 Horst, brother, 24, 37 Ingrid, sister, 24, 37-8 Weintke, Hannelore, 144 Willuweit, Arnold (Arno), 59-60, 75-6, 102 Gisela, sister, 59 Heinz, brother, 59-60, 75-6,102 Hilde, wife {see Horn, Hildegard) General Adenauer, Konrad, 126 Afghanistan, 150 Albertina, Sister (Order of St Francis), 204 Alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, 6, 87, 132, 150,168,197, 210 Allenburg (Russ. Druzhba), 208 Allenstein (Pol. Olsztyn), 107 Allies/Allied Forces, 41, 42 Amalienau, quarter of Königsberg (Russ. Oktyabrskye/Zentralny), 16 America, 120,133 American, 103, 130, 134 citizen/s, 120, 133 controlled West Germany, ix, 129 military, 130 occupied zones, 129, 130 passport, 120 Anti-Soviet Agitation see Gulag Applebaum, Anne, 103
Arctic, 108 Sea, 103 Arendt, Hannah, 49 Arnstadt, ix Auerbachs Keller, 10 Australia, 133 Authorities, 39,104,122,127,171 German, 127,137,171 Nazi, ix Russian see Russian: authorities Baba Stasia, 218 Baltic Sea, 9,12, 30, 46, 71, 110,113, 155 evacuation attempts to cross, 37, 43 refugees on the coast of, 161 Baltic States, xiii, 76, 187, 194 Balkans, 24 German-Baltic Parliament Circle, 194 Banktinsee, 42, 207 Barracks: Biberach, 129 Chelyabinsk, 108-109 for children, Russian, 122 Friedland, 129 Kaunas, 92 Königsberg, 56
Index Ranglack, Anna, 177, 200, 202 Rapp, Eva, 120-3,133-5 Evelyne Tannehill, Amer, name, 134-5 Douglas, brother, 120 Erwin, brother, 120-1 Henry, brother, 120-3, 133 Vera, sister, 120 Herbert, father, 120 Agnes, roommate, 122 Tante Elsbeth, aunt, 123 Rehberg, Käthe, 179 Riess, Erika, 82-4 Heinz, brother, 82-4 Roscher, Günther, 101 Sauerbaum, Erika, 11-12, 136-47 Scheffler, Christel, 4, 24, 92, 100,137-52, 20L220_ Aldona Zigmantiené, Lith. name, 92, 137, 141 Käthe Windt, given name, 137, 139 Keti, possible former name, 139 Kitty, nickname, 24, 29-30, 92, 95, 139-48, 214-15 231 Gerhard Windt, brother, 24, 139-48 Fritz and Gertrud Windt, foster parents, 141 Paul, son, 150 Peter, son, 150 Schneider, Erna, 5-6 Schulz, Lieselotte, 104, 109 Hannelore, sister, 109 Swars, Manfred, 199 Siurkienè, Juraté, daughter, 199 Unkat, Günther, xii Anna, mother, xii Wegner, Lothar, 24-5, 37-8 Horst, brother, 24, 37 Ingrid, sister, 24, 37-8 Weintke, Hannelore, 144 Willuweit, Arnold (Arno), 59-60, 75-6, 102 Gisela, sister, 59 Heinz, brother, 59-60, 75-6,102 Hilde, wife (see Horn, Hildegard) General Adenauer, Konrad, 126 Afghanistan, 150 Albertina, Sister (Order of St Francis), 204 Alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, 6, 87,132, 150,168,197, 210 Allenburg (Russ. Druzhba), 208 Allenstein (Pol. Olsztyn), 107 Allies/Allied Forces, 41, 42 Amalienau, quarter of Königsberg (Russ. Oktyabrskye/Zentralny), 16 America, 120,133 American, 103,130,134 citizen/s, 120, 133 controlled West Germany, ix, 129 military, 130 occupied zones, 129, 130 passport, 120 Anti-Soviet Agitation see Gulag Applebaum, Anne, 103
Arctic, 108 Sea, 103 Arendt, Hannah, 49 Arnstadt, ix Auerbachs Keller, 10 Australia, 133 Authorities, 39,104,122,127,171 German, 127,137,171 Nazi, ix Russian see Russian: authorities Baba Stasia, 218 Baltic Sea, 9, 12, 30, 46, 71, 110,113, 155 evacuation attempts to cross, 37, 43 refugees on the coast of, 161 Baltic States, xiii, 76, 187, 194 Balkans, 24 German-Baltic Parliament Circle, 194 Banktinsee, 42, 207 Barracks: Biberach, 129 Chelyabinsk, 108-109 for children, Russian, 122 Friedland, 129 Kaunas, 92 Königsberg, 56
232 The Wolf Children of the Eastern Front Saxony-Anhalt, 119,129 Soviet, 56, 92,106,168 Bautzen, 123 Beg, begging, X, 4, 6, 47, 59-63, 70-3, 78-9, 81, 86-7, 89, 91, 94, 95, 98,100, 100-102, 109, 114, 116,122,153,166, 194,198, 200 sack, 61, 78, 84 see also Hamster-run Belarus, 92 Bellevue Castle/Palace, Berlin, 185, 200 Berlin, XV, 14, 41-3, 46,118,168, 200, 221, 223 Battle of, 113 East, 118, 119 Office of the Registry, 141-2 Standesamt 1 in, 141, 195 Wall, 1, 221 see also Iron Curtain West, 119-20 Berlin-Wilmersdorf, 206 Biberach, 129 Biedermeier era, 9 Birthdates, 43, 166 Bischofswerda, 111, 118 Bitterfeld, 111, 118, 120 Bjelfvenstam, Dorothea (née Richard), 16,25,28 Black market, black marketeering, 45, 47 Bledau, part ofWosegau (Russ. Vishnevoye), 48 Bloody Sunday, 1-2 Blutgericht (Blood Court), 10 Bohemian protectorate, 15 Boils, blisters, 108 Border, borders, ix, 46,118,129, 174,193, 206-208 -lands, xii -wanderer, 60 China, 103 Germany, 120 guard, 209 Kaliningrad, 191, 202-203, 207-208 Lithuania, 22, 45, 57, 58-60, 62, 65, 72, 74,175,192, 203 patrol, 46, 203-204, 210 Poland, 44, 62, 65, 206 police women, 204 Russia, 40,191, 203, 207-209 Ukraine, 103 zone, 44 Brandenburg, 112 Braunschweig, xii Bread, XV, 22,27, 30, 40, 44-5, 48, 52, 55, 60-1, 63, 66-7, 73, 78, 81, 91, 95,108, 124,141,169 and cake, 45, 58-69 Bremerhaven, 139 British: air raids, 26 bombers, bombings, 25,139 internment camp, 113 military, 129 POW camp, 221 sector of Germany, 124 zone, 129 Budapest, 206 Café Schwärmer, 11 Cannibalism, 47-8 Carbide, 87 Cart, v, 53, 55,109 hand, 26, 44 horse, 53,114 Castle,
Neuruppin, 113 see also Königsberg Castle Cathedral Bridge, 9 Cemetery, 20,136-7, 215-16, 220 military, 19-20,153 Protestant, 107 Stablack, 193 Chelyabinsk, 108-109 Chernyakhovsk see Insterburg Chicago, 133 Chief Administration of Camps see Gulag Chilblains, 65 Child Tracing Service (CTS), 82,177 Children’s transport, 124,161 China, 103 Christendom, 216 Catholic, Catholicism, xiii, 90, 99 Christ, 126 Protestant, 90, 99 cemetery, 107 Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU), 194 Christmas, 15-16, 30, 37, 116,123,147, 197 Orthodox, 56 Churchill, Winston, 46 Citizen, citizenship, 6, 9, 99,146, 193 American, 120,133
Index German, 146,166, 191, 193-6, 186, 199, 201 Jewish, 21 Lithuanian, 191,195-6, 200 Soviet, 118,193, 195 Cold War, 1, 3,191-2, 225 Collectivisation/collective farms, 96, 99, 105,158,172-4 Cologne, 201 Communism/Communist, 15, 85-6, 189 East German, ix, 9, 118 housing, 148,172,177, 205 Party, 97 Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, 197 Corpse, corpses, x, 26, 31, 34, 44, 47, 61, 132,164-5 Cranz (Russ. Selenogradsk), 12 Cyrillic, 105, 204 Czechoslovakia, 15 Czech Republic, 41 Danzig (Pol. Gdarisk): Bay of, 14 see also Gdansk Dehydrated, 97,112 Delousing, 118 see also Lice Deport/deportation, 4-5, 48, 62, 71, 76, 84, 94-5, 97, 99,103-105,110,119 Destroyed/destruction, 12, 20, 26-8, 38-9, 43, 46-8, 51-2, 59, 60, 63, 71, 76, 78, 87, 89,101,108,130,139,142-3, 145,150,171,191-2, 206 Deyma River, 16 Disease/s, 49, 58 asthma, 151,168 black lung (pneumoconiosis), 151 cancer, 167,172 cholera see Epidemics eczema, 55 gangrene, 20 malaria see Epidemics oedema, 55 Parkinson’s, 161 pleurisy, 51 rheumatism, 176 scabies, 79 tuberculosis, 56, 100,109, 113 typhoid see Epidemics typhus see Epidemics whooping cough, 97 233 Dom Brücke see Cathedral Bridge Donated, donations, donors, 173, 195, 197,198, 199 Dönhoff, Countess Marion von, 9 Dortmund, xiii Dresden, 98 Technical University of, 127 Düsseldorf, 128 Düsseldorf-Gerresheim, 173 East Prussian, 5, 12,14, 35, 58, 95, 111, 131, 140-1, 159, 167, 191, 216 accent, 107,159,169 Citadel, 31 Gold, 148 East Prussian News, 111 Exhibition Hall, 145 farmers, 201 homeland, 65, 76, 109, 111, 145, 164, 169,171,191, 193, 219 Qstpreußenblatt, 137, 141
people, 5,14-15, 22, 41, 46, 58, 111, 139,167,175,188,191,195 virtues, 9, 15 war orphans, 224 Easter, 15, 140, 215-16 Pentecost, 142 Eastern (Soviet) Bloc, 1, 129, 187 Edelweiss Association, 162, 187-99 Eggesin, 116-18 Elbing (Pol. Elblag), 29,120 Elchniederung (Russ. Losinaja Dolina), 22,27, 39,56, 60,171 Ellernbruch (Russ. Watutino), 61 Emaciated, 44, 78, 89, 109, 116, 175 see also Famine, Hunger England see Britain Epidemics: cholera, 40, 51 malaria, 51,108 typhoid, 35-6, 40, 50 typhus, 51, 58, 80,116,122 see also Diseases Erlenrode (Russ. Prudki), 22 Essen, 155 Essen-Borbeck, 155 European Union, 200 Evacuate, evacuated, 28-30, 38, 43, 53, 57 evacuation, 44, 167 evacuees, 55,101,122 Exiled, 185, 200, 213 Expulsion, 95, 128,171
234 The Wolf Children of the Eastern Front Fachwerkhäuser, 12 Fairytales, xv, 10-11, 81, 84, 175 Famine, 6, 35, 42-5, 80, 86, 91,104, 111, 133,141,194, 221 Farmstead, homestead, 66, 70-1, 73, 109, 184 Fascism, 46 Fascist, 189 child, 8, 81, 86, 88 FDJ (Free German Youth), 118-20, 127 Fichteplatz, Fichte School, 24,140-1, 143, 202, 213-15 Fischdorf, 12 Flee, fleeing, ix, xii, 30, 33, 35-42, 53, 71, 81, 88,101,121,127-30,188 flight, xii, xiii, 14, 37-8, 90, 97, 122, 161,164,171,194, 201 Flensburg, xii Food, foodstuffs, X, xv, 22, 30, 36, 61, 65, 71, 78-9, 82, 85-7, 95,116,130,169, 210, 215 and orphanages, 124, 161 in Lithuania, 60-1, 171 rations, 23, 28, 40, 44, 52, 55,139 rewarded with, 27, 48, 56, 87,108-109 scarcity of, 30-1, 41, 43-8, 55-6, 63, 78-9, 89, 224 search for, xiii, 31, 48, 52, 59-63, 72, 78-9, 85, 90,161 Forest Brothers, 70-6, 99 Foster family, parents, xii, 50, 72, 74, 76, 84, 90, 95, 97-102,137,150 child, children, xiv, 24, 84, 139 daughter, xiii-xiv, 13, 85, 141 son, 75-6 Free state, 14 Free trade zone, 191-2 Freezing, x, 33, 51-2, 60, 65,175,189 frozen, x, 34, 108, 204 Baltic Sea, 71,110 branches, 45 fingers, 52, 204 ground, 61, 65 lagoon, 39 Memel, 57 pipes, 52 potatoes, 34, 71 tears, 56 to death, x, 45, 60, 62 toes, 84 Friedland transit camp, 111, 128-9 Friendship Agreement, 15 Frisches Haff, 9 Frostbite, frostbitten, 52, 84, 177 Fürstenwalde, 111-12 Gdahsk, 14 GDR see Germany, East Gediminas Avenue, 1 General Steuben, 43 Gerdauen (Russ. Zheleznodorozhny), 41-5, 50-1, 61-2, 89, 96,153,194, 201-207 Gerdauen District, 36, 61, 64,179,187 German, Germany: army
see Wehrmacht East (GDR), ix, xiv, 3, 5, 95, 97-8,109, 111-12,114,117-23,126-7,161,168, 172,187 quarantine camp, 112 German National Trade Fair, East, 14-15 president, 119 economic miracle, 130 Embassy, 165, 196, 201 Vilnius, 199 government, xiv, 14, 26, 29, 46, 119, 151,188,195-7,201 mainland, 22, 30, 39, 206 Rotary Club of, 197 Third Reich, 15 West, ix, xiv, 3, 9,101,112,118,120, 123,127,133,145,172, 201 Gestapo, 120 Glavnoye Upravleniye Lagerej see Gulag Gorbachev, Mikhail, 1-3 Görlitz, 122 Göttingen, 111, 129 Great Britain, 3 Great Patriotic War, 48 Gristmill, 63, 205 Gross Schönau (Russ. Peskowo), 36 Großengersdorf, 193 GST (Sport and Technology Association), 127 Gulag, GULAG, xiii, 71, 74-5, 85, 95, 103,109-10,126,189, 222 definition of, 103 Glavnoye Upravleniye Lagerej, 103 Wolf Children in, 105,108-10 Gulf War, 2 Gumbinnen (Russ. Gusev), 79,193
Index Haberberg, 12 Half-timbered houses, 12, 205-206 Hamburg, 116-17 Hampelmann, 164 Hamster-run, 45, 61, 79, 92 Hanerau-Hademarschen, 194 Hanover, ix, 120, 127 Technical University, 127 Hansestadt (Hanseatic city), 11-12 Helsinki, 14 Hindenburg Lyceum, 28 Hitler, Adolf, 15-16, 21,120,189, 221 films, 169 girl, girls, 25, 28 Heil, 28 Hochdorf, 129 Hoffmann School for Boys, 21 Homeland, 128, 134,145, 201, 214, 219 see also East Prussian: homeland Honey Bridge see Cathedral Bridge Horst Wessel School, 19 Hospital, 81-4, 86, 97,145,178 army field, 80,146,173 military, 24, 51-2 Housemaid, maid, 82, 91, 144 Hoyerswerda, 109 Hungary, 41 Hunger, hungry, ix, 1, 33, 35, 37, 51-2, 55, 59, 62-3, 65-8, 72, 75, 79, 81, 95,100, 123-4,137,171,189 see also Famine Hypothermia, 177 Identification card, identification papers, 28, 99-101, 110 Incarcerations, 103 Infrastructure, 43, 47-8, 58,171 Insterburg (Russ. Chernyakhovsk), 48, 79, 108, 116, 193 International Red Cross, xii see also Red Cross International Tracing Service (ITS) see Tracing services Interstate Council of the Germans in Russia, 193 Interzone pass, 120 Iron Cross, 159 Iron Curtain, 1,134,137, 221,224 Jewish, Jews, 21-2, 148 Jonava, 86, 92,136,148,150,169, 209-10 chemical plant in, 150 235 Kaiserslautern, 130 Kaliningrad, 48, 95,144-5,173,195, 202, 204, 207, 209-10, 215 exclave, 9,191 governor, 191 Oblast, 12,166, 187,191-3, 203, 206 see also Königsberg Kalvarija, 4-5, 87, 97 Karaganda, 105, 110 Karpauen (Russ. Nekrassovo), 61-2 Kaunas, xiii, 64, 86, 92, 95,100,104-105, 110, 117, 148, 162, 172, 174, 189 Kay, John, ix-x, 225
Joachim Fritz Krauledat, given name, x Jutta (Maue-Kay), wife, ix Steppenwolf, band, ix, x Kazakhstan, 105, 213 Kelmè, 61 KGB, 1 see also USSR Kibarten (Lith. Kybartai), 72, 84,101, 209 Kiel, 14, 43,147 Kindertransport, 25 see also Children’s transport Klaipéda, 48, 91, 96,155,157,181 see also Memel Klein Dexen (part of today’s Russ. Furmanovo), 193 Kneiphof, 9-10, 12, 26 Kohl, Chancellor Helmut, 3,194-5 Kollwitz, Käthe, 9-10 Kommandantura, 207 Königin-Luise-Brücke (Queen Louise Bridge), 59, 203 Königsberg (Russ. Kaliningrad): Castle, 10-12 Cathedral, 12, 193 Deutsche Ostmesse Königsberg see German National Trade Fair, East invasion of, 23-9, 31, 33, 37, 42, 59 liberation of, 48 memories of, 9-13 renaming of, 48 Königstor, 210 Korea, 133 Krämer Bridge (Grocer’s Bridge, Krämerbrücke), 26 Krasnoyarsk, 104 see also Gulag Kremlin, 191 see also Soviet Union, USSR
236 The Wolf Children of the Eastern Front Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass), 130 Künzelsau, 200 Kupferteich, 19 Kuybyshev (Russ., as of 1991, Samara), 126 Kyritz, Children’s Village of, 112-18, 127 Labiau (Russ. Polessky District), 88, 202 Labour camp see Gulag Land of milk and honey, 58,171 Landsbergis, Vytautas, 1-2, 189, 191, 200 Langensalza, 41 Lasch, General Otto, 31 Lastadie, 11,13 Latvia, 62, 210 Leipzig, 10, 15,109, 167 Leiserowitz, Ruth, 95, 114, 187, 197 Lice, 55, 66, 68, 75, 79, 89 Liep, suburb of Königsberg (Russ. Oktyabrsky), 16 Litas, 6,151,173,199 Lithuania, Lithuanian: Embassy, 164 independence, 2, 70,137,150,173-4, 191,195 Declaration of, 200 Lithuanian Echo, The 196 Ministry of Engineering, 162 National Archives, 187 Press House, xvi Lübeck, 165 Lusatian Neisse, 41 Malaria see Diseases Malnutrition, 80, 123, 177 see also Famine, Hunger, Starvation Mann, Thomas, 15 Marijampolé, 72, 201 Market, 24, 42, 45,47, 49, 81, 87, 89,148, 169, 205, 207 Masurian Canal, 62 Matochkin, Yuri, 191 Medical commission, 100-101, 110, 173 Medicine, medications, 149,173, 194, 198 Mednicken (Russ. Druzhnoye), 27 Memel (Lith. Klaipéda), 48, 155,171 River (Neman), xiii, 22, 39-40, 48, 57-63, 90,101,179,203 Territory, 14-15, 28,103,171,175 Memelland, 73, 90, 92 Molotov, Secretary of State Vyacheslav, 48 Moonshine, 87, 132 Morgenstern, Erika, 11 Moravian protectorate, 15 Moscow, 1,14, 47-8,108,117,126,191, 201 Nasser Garten, ‘Wet Garden’, 12 National Socialism, Nazi Party, Nazis, ix, 9,14-16, 25, 27-9, 33, 46, 71,119-20, 167 Niederung see Elchniederung Netherlands, the, 202
Neukuren (Russ. Pionersky), 39 Neuruppin, 113 New Year, New Year’s Eve, 29-30, 39 NKVD (People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs), 74, 76, 97, 99,189, 201 Oberteich, 12 Oder River, 41 Oedema see Diseases Ordenskirche, 42 Orphan, orphans, xiv, 54, 58-9, 92, 98, 112,114,118,194,221 orphan’s supplement, 199 war orphans, 4, 224 Orphanage, orphanages, 97, 112,114, 116-18,122-4,127 Russian, 56-7,116,158,161,165,167 Parkhotel, 11 Partisans, 70-1, 75-6 see also Forest Brothers People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs wNKVD Perm, 113 Petrauskas, Valdas, 1-2 Pillau (Russ. Baltijsk), 14, 30, 32, 36, 43-4 Pilsudski, Josef, 14 Pleurisy see Diseases Pneumoconiosis see Diseases: black lung Pogegen (Lith. Pagégiai), 63, 90 Poland, Polish, 9,14-15, 22, 41-2, 44, 62, 65, 70,107,109,120,122,134-5, 167, 206, 223-4 Ponarth, quarter of Konigsberg (Russ. Dimitrowa), 12, 24, 30, 95,141,143, 145,196, 202, 213
Index Potsdam Conference, 41, 46 POW camp, ix, 221 Powalken (Pol. Powalki), 35 Pregolya River, 8-9, 212 see also Pregel River Pregel River, 9-12, 26 Prison, 85, 126,189 camps, 94,103-104,109, ИЗ, 121,126, 133,189,191-2, 221 see also Gulag Promenadenweg, 11 Protestant see Christendom Prussian-Eylau (Russ. Bagrationovsk), 193 Quarantine camp, 111-12,116 Queen Louise Bridge see Königin-LuiseBrücke Racas, Antanas, 200 Railway, 42, 53, 62, 64, 110 buffer on, 58, 60 cattle car on, xiv, 83, 97,104,111-12 freight train, 14, 29, 43, 58, 60-1, 68, 79, 83, 91, 95, 97,107-108 running board on, 60-1, 65, 67 station, xii, 12, 28-9, 60-5, 67, 72, 79, 82, 97,101,107,129 Rape, raped, 33, 44-5, 80, 88, 91,101, 106,108,126,167-8,194 Rauschen (Russ. Svetlogorsk), 12, 161 Reconstruction, 48, 127, 130 Red Army, viii, x, xii, xiii, 29-30, 32-3, 36, 39-40, 42, 44, 47-8, 53, 56, 58-9, 70-1, 76, 80, 89, 95,101-102,104,114, 121,157,167,171,184 Red Cross, xiii, 82, 98, 105,109,116-17, 130,137,139,161,165-6,172,195, 201 Refugees, ix, 29-30, 34, 37, 39, 41, 43, 56, 61, 71, 90, 111, 127,129, 221 Resettlement, 128, 201 Restitution, 191, 193 Restoration, 193 Return migration, 41 Reunification, 3, 6,128,194 Reutlingen, 4-5,129-31 Rhineland, 101 Riga (Latv.), 14 Black Balsam, 210 Romantic era, 9 Rosenau-Speichersdorf (East Prussia), 145 237 Royal Air Force, 27 Rügen, 139 Ruin, ruins, 31, 39, 49, 55, 206-207, 216 Russia, 1,12, 36, 44, 46, 59, 68, 70,104, 126,131,145, 173, 184, 191,193, 202-203, 209, 215 see also Soviet Russian: aristocracy, 12 authorities, 48-9, 86, 99, 111, 161 Communists, 85 Embassy,
Amsterdam, 203 Empire, 70 government, 47, 70, 96, 98-9,118, 191, 193 guards, 201 immigration, 203 language, 204 military, 33-4, 47-8, 75, 81, 92,131, 158, 207 aircraft, 42, 55 duties, obligations, 99,101-102,184 front, ix, 47,101 occupation of Baltic States, 51, 76, 88, 111, 161 police, 65, 85 troops, xvi, 2, 30, 46, 76, 107 Orthodox Church, 205, 215 passport, 209 police, 48, 61-3, 99,189, 207-208 Rusija, 173 settlers, 48, 56, 59, 76 Society for the Upkeep of Memorials, 193 soldiers, 2-4, 23, 25, 29-30, 34, 36, 38-40, 44, 46, 51-6, 62, 65, 70-4, 76, 79-80, 87-8, 91, 95-7, 105-108, 114, 116,121,167,172,179 territory, 58 USSR, 1, 3,74,112 definition of, 103 visa, 202 zone, 118, 210 Sackheim, quarter of Königsberg, 9 Gate, 19, 24 Samara, 126 see also Kuybyshev Samland, 39, 44, 82, 159, 216 Sambia Peninsula, 39 Sassnitz, 139
238 The Wolf Children of the Eastern Front Saxony, Saxon, 5, 28-9, 41, 109,112,118, 129-30,139 Schaulen (Lith. Siauliai), 198 Schwesternhof (East Prussia), 218, 220 Secret trial see Prisons SED (Socialist Unity Party), 118, 128 Seedienst Ostpreussen, 14 Seelheim (East Prussia, Pol. Cisy), 164 Siauliai, 6, 63, 91, 96,157-8 see also Schaulen Siberia, xiii, 1, 36, 62, 71-2, 75, 85, 94-5, 97-8, 103-105, 107-10, 122, 179, 191, 196, 200, 221 see also Gulag Sievers, Hildegard, 194 Simon-Dach-House, 155 Singing Revolution, 2, 193, 200 see also Lithuania; independence Smolensk (Russ.), 99 Socialist, 103,112,114,118 Soldau (Pol. Dzialdowo), 14 Sovetsk, 59 see also Tilsit Soviet: Air Force, 30, 37 Bloc (Eastern), 129,187 citizenship, 118, 195 era, 136,140,148,187,189, 216 prison camps see Gulag settlements, 85, 215 spies, 76 Union, xiv, 1, 41, 44, 46, 70, 90, 95, 103-105, 111, 114,150,173, 191-3, 206, 216 Supreme Council of, 3 see also Russia SS (Schutzstaffel, ‘Protection Squadron’), 46, 148 Stalin, Josef, 1, 46, 70, 119 Stalingrad, Battle of, 28 Starvation, starve, x, xiii, 4, 48-9, 52, 58, 60-1, 69, 72, 80-1,157-8,161,174-5, 184,189, 209 Stauder, Hedwig, 197 Stetten, Baron Wolfgang von, xiv, 151, 173-4,194-200 Stockholm, 14, 16 Stowaway, 59-60, 85,104 Stresemann, Gustav, 14 Stribai, 75 see also Partisans Stuttgart, 139, 197 Sudetenland, 15 Sumowski, Burkhard, 12 Sütterlin script, 19, 165 Swabian, 4-5,129,131 Swastika, 26 Swinemünde, 14 Switzerland, 133 Synagogue, 20, 130 Street, 20 Taurage see Tauroggen Tauroggen (Lith. Tauragê), 48, 63, 89, 98, 102,109-10,153,161,175,177, 181-2,
196,198, 201, 203, 208 Teutonic Order, 16, 41 Thuringia, ix, 41, 112, 150 Tilsit (Russ. Sovetsk), vii, ix, 2, 15, 27-8, 48, 53, 55-9, 61-3, 72, 74, 97-8,126, 161, 203, 208 Tilsiter cheese, 11, 15-16 Todt Organization, 25 Toronto, Canada, ix Tracing services, xiii, 123, 165 Child, children, 82, 113,177 International (ITS), xii-xiii, xiv, 3 Transports, 5, 25, 28, 41, 95, 97,111-12, 116, 122,124,129,161,179 Travemünde, 14 Trek, trekkers, ix, 34, 39, 43, 53, 55, 90, 123 Trenches, x, 23-4, 34 Trofimov, Russian chief of police Anatoly, 48 Truman, Harry, 46 Tuberculosis see Diseases Turkey, 162-3 Two Plus Four Agreement, 3 Typhoid see Epidemics Typhus see Epidemics Ukraine, Ukrainian, 103, 117 Tursuciai, 201 United States, 3, 103, 120-1, 130, 133 army, military, 130, 133 Ural Mountains, 126 USSR see Russia Versailles Treaty, 14-15 Vilnius, 1-2, 64, 67, 81, 85,162-4,196, ‘198,202-203,209, 219 I ' 7 7
Index German Embassy in, 199 Parliament building in, 1-2 Press House in, xvi Red Cross in, 117 see also Wilna Vogtland, 5 Vokietukai, 1, 71 Warfare: artillery, artillery fire, x, 26, 31, 34, 38, 53,132 bombs, bombings, 26, 27-9, 30, 37, 42, 53, 57,132,137,139,164, 221-2 phosphorus, 25 fire storm, 28 firing squad, 97,107 flamethrowers, 26 grenades, 38, 123, 158 guns, 2, 26, 38, 40, 53 machine guns, 38, 71, 74 strafing, 42 tanks, 1-2, 38, 43, 55,106,133,191, 205 torpedoes, 29, 43 Wehlau (Russ. Snamensk), 67, 101,114, 159, 204 239 Wehrmacht, 15, 22, 51, 53, 70,113,172 Weizäcker, Richard von, 194 West Prussia, 14, 51, 63 Westphalia, 172 Whooping cough see Diseases Wieck, Michael, 10, 47 Wilhelm I, Kaiser, 10 beard, 159 Wilna (Lith. Vilnius), 67 see also Vilnius Wolf Children: Association see Edelweiss Memorial, 193 Wolfen, 111 World War: First, 14, 23, 26,126,132,159,171, 206, 216 Second, ix, xiii, 1, 41, 126, 130, 148, 159,172,189,192, 206, 222-5 World Youth Festival, 118-19 Wulff, Christian, 185 Yeltsin, Boris, 191 Zhukov, General Georgy, 46 Zuckertüte (‘sugar cone’), 20 |
| adam_txt | |
| any_adam_object | 1 |
| any_adam_object_boolean | |
| author | Winterberg, Sonya 1970- Lieff, Kerstin 1952- |
| author_GND | (DE-588)137629400 (DE-588)133006903X (DE-588)119339242 |
| author_facet | Winterberg, Sonya 1970- Lieff, Kerstin 1952- |
| author_role | aut aut |
| author_sort | Winterberg, Sonya 1970- |
| author_variant | s w sw k l kl |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV048610823 |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)1355309714 (DE-599)BVBBV048610823 |
| era | Geschichte 1945-1948 gnd |
| era_facet | Geschichte 1945-1948 |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>00000nam a2200000 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV048610823</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20240603</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">221214s2022 ac|| |||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9781399014601</subfield><subfield code="c">hardback</subfield><subfield code="9">978-1-39901-460-1</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)1355309714</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV048610823</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-B1595</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-12</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">OST</subfield><subfield code="q">DE-12</subfield><subfield code="2">fid</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">HIST</subfield><subfield code="q">DE-12</subfield><subfield code="2">fid</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Winterberg, Sonya</subfield><subfield code="d">1970-</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)137629400</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">The wolf children of the eastern front</subfield><subfield code="b">alone and forgotten</subfield><subfield code="c">Sonya Winterberg with Kerstin Lieff ; [preface by John Kay, frontman of Steppenwolf]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Barnsley; Havertown</subfield><subfield code="b">Pen & Sword Military</subfield><subfield code="c">2022</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">xv, 239 Seiten</subfield><subfield code="b">Illustrationen, Porträts</subfield><subfield code="c">24 cm</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="648" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1945-1948</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Kriegswaise</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4299510-3</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Existenzkampf</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4727032-9</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Deutsche</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4070334-4</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Besetzung</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4006020-2</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="651" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Ostpreußen</subfield><subfield code="z">Nord</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4044098-9</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">World War, 1939-1945 / Children / Europe, Eastern</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Children</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Eastern Europe</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">1939-1945</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Ostpreußen</subfield><subfield code="z">Nord</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4044098-9</subfield><subfield code="D">g</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Besetzung</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4006020-2</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Deutsche</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4070334-4</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="3"><subfield code="a">Kriegswaise</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4299510-3</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Existenzkampf</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4727032-9</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="5"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1945-1948</subfield><subfield code="A">z</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Lieff, Kerstin</subfield><subfield code="d">1952-</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)133006903X</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Kay, John</subfield><subfield code="d">1944-</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)119339242</subfield><subfield code="4">wpr</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033986194&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Inhaltsverzeichnis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033986194&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Literaturverzeichnis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033986194&sequence=000005&line_number=0003&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Register // Personenregister</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033986194&sequence=000007&line_number=0004&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Register // Gemischte Register</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="940" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="n">oe</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="940" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="n">DHB</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="940" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="q">BSB_NED_20240603</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="940" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="q">DHB_BSB_FID</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="942" ind1="1" ind2="1"><subfield code="c">306.09</subfield><subfield code="e">22/bsb</subfield><subfield code="f">09044</subfield><subfield code="g">947.08</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="942" ind1="1" ind2="1"><subfield code="c">306.09</subfield><subfield code="e">22/bsb</subfield><subfield code="f">09044</subfield><subfield code="g">43</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| geographic | Ostpreußen Nord (DE-588)4044098-9 gnd |
| geographic_facet | Ostpreußen Nord |
| id | DE-604.BV048610823 |
| illustrated | Illustrated |
| index_date | 2024-07-03T21:11:56Z |
| indexdate | 2024-07-20T06:06:40Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 9781399014601 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-033986194 |
| oclc_num | 1355309714 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-B1595 DE-12 |
| owner_facet | DE-B1595 DE-12 |
| physical | xv, 239 Seiten Illustrationen, Porträts 24 cm |
| psigel | BSB_NED_20240603 DHB_BSB_FID |
| publishDate | 2022 |
| publishDateSearch | 2022 |
| publishDateSort | 2022 |
| publisher | Pen & Sword Military |
| record_format | marc |
| spelling | Winterberg, Sonya 1970- Verfasser (DE-588)137629400 aut The wolf children of the eastern front alone and forgotten Sonya Winterberg with Kerstin Lieff ; [preface by John Kay, frontman of Steppenwolf] Barnsley; Havertown Pen & Sword Military 2022 xv, 239 Seiten Illustrationen, Porträts 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Geschichte 1945-1948 gnd rswk-swf Kriegswaise (DE-588)4299510-3 gnd rswk-swf Existenzkampf (DE-588)4727032-9 gnd rswk-swf Deutsche (DE-588)4070334-4 gnd rswk-swf Besetzung (DE-588)4006020-2 gnd rswk-swf Ostpreußen Nord (DE-588)4044098-9 gnd rswk-swf World War, 1939-1945 / Children / Europe, Eastern Children Eastern Europe 1939-1945 Ostpreußen Nord (DE-588)4044098-9 g Besetzung (DE-588)4006020-2 s Deutsche (DE-588)4070334-4 s Kriegswaise (DE-588)4299510-3 s Existenzkampf (DE-588)4727032-9 s Geschichte 1945-1948 z DE-604 Lieff, Kerstin 1952- Verfasser (DE-588)133006903X aut Kay, John 1944- (DE-588)119339242 wpr Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033986194&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033986194&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Literaturverzeichnis Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033986194&sequence=000005&line_number=0003&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Register // Personenregister Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033986194&sequence=000007&line_number=0004&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Register // Gemischte Register |
| spellingShingle | Winterberg, Sonya 1970- Lieff, Kerstin 1952- The wolf children of the eastern front alone and forgotten Kriegswaise (DE-588)4299510-3 gnd Existenzkampf (DE-588)4727032-9 gnd Deutsche (DE-588)4070334-4 gnd Besetzung (DE-588)4006020-2 gnd |
| subject_GND | (DE-588)4299510-3 (DE-588)4727032-9 (DE-588)4070334-4 (DE-588)4006020-2 (DE-588)4044098-9 |
| title | The wolf children of the eastern front alone and forgotten |
| title_auth | The wolf children of the eastern front alone and forgotten |
| title_exact_search | The wolf children of the eastern front alone and forgotten |
| title_exact_search_txtP | The wolf children of the eastern front alone and forgotten |
| title_full | The wolf children of the eastern front alone and forgotten Sonya Winterberg with Kerstin Lieff ; [preface by John Kay, frontman of Steppenwolf] |
| title_fullStr | The wolf children of the eastern front alone and forgotten Sonya Winterberg with Kerstin Lieff ; [preface by John Kay, frontman of Steppenwolf] |
| title_full_unstemmed | The wolf children of the eastern front alone and forgotten Sonya Winterberg with Kerstin Lieff ; [preface by John Kay, frontman of Steppenwolf] |
| title_short | The wolf children of the eastern front |
| title_sort | the wolf children of the eastern front alone and forgotten |
| title_sub | alone and forgotten |
| topic | Kriegswaise (DE-588)4299510-3 gnd Existenzkampf (DE-588)4727032-9 gnd Deutsche (DE-588)4070334-4 gnd Besetzung (DE-588)4006020-2 gnd |
| topic_facet | Kriegswaise Existenzkampf Deutsche Besetzung Ostpreußen Nord |
| url | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033986194&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033986194&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033986194&sequence=000005&line_number=0003&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=033986194&sequence=000007&line_number=0004&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT winterbergsonya thewolfchildrenoftheeasternfrontaloneandforgotten AT lieffkerstin thewolfchildrenoftheeasternfrontaloneandforgotten AT kayjohn thewolfchildrenoftheeasternfrontaloneandforgotten |