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It Happened in Berlin

In the twenties and early thirties Berlin was a centre of European culture; a feverish, glittering city; in it, love blooms between Jewish Miriam and Chris, a young Norwegian. But growing unemployment swells the ranks of the Nazis, who bring in their train terror, fear and death. As the hounding of Germany's Jews grows in intensity, the love for each other of the two youthful protagonists is marred by the inevitability of the fate that looms.

It Happened in Berlin is a moving, low-key story for readers of all ages, a story from the pen of an author who knew at firsthand the time and setting. She presents vivid, starkly portrayed facets of life in the German capital, demonstrating in the process the reality of the Nazi era as it impinged upon the lives of so many young people.

First published: 1998, Aschehoug Non-Fiction

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