A Mother's War by Fey Von Hassell

A Mother's War by Fey Von Hassell

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Fey von Hassell was a German aristocrat, married into a prominent Italian family, whose privileged life was disrupted during World War II. Taken hostage by the Gestapo when her father was implicated in the Stauffenberg bomb plot, her children were taken away. The book is based on her diaries.

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A Mother's War by Fey Von Hassell

Fey von Hassell was a German aristocrat, married into a prominent Italian family, whose privileged life was disrupted during World War II. Taken hostage by the Gestapo when her father was implicated in the Stauffenberg bomb plot, her children were taken away. She was held in a series of concentration camps, including Dachau and Buchenwald, sharing her fate with an unusual collection of prisoners including the Stauffenbergs, Leon Blum, Fritz Thyssen and General von Seyditz. Moving constantly out of reach of the advancing Allies and with a mobile gas chamber always in attendance, she and her fellow hostages were finally in a last-minute rescue bid. She spent many anxious months searching for her children. The book is based on her diaries, written mainly in 1945, immediately after the events took place.
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ISBN 13 9780719547782
ISBN 10 0719547784
Title A Mother's War
Author Fey Von Hassell
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Year published 1990-03-15
Number of pages 242
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.