Nothing for Tears by Lali Hortsmann
Lali and her husband Freddy Horstmann, a retired diplomat, were living at the end of the war on their small estate east of Berlin. This book tells the story of the last months of the war under the demoralised Nazis and the first months of peace under Russian occupation. Regarded with suspicion by the Nazis and then overrun by the Russians, the Horstmann's cultivated life collapsed. In the Spring of 1946 the secret police arrested Freddy, and Lali only learnt of his eventual death in a concentration camp two and a half years later. Quietly and simply told, based on diaries and notes she made at the time, it is an eloquent and heartbreaking story.
Lali Horstmann came from a distinguished German banking family, the von Schwabachs. Her husband Freddy Horstmann was a diplomat and art collector, the only son of the owner of a Frankfurt newspaper, the General Anzeiger. Freddy Horstmann resigned from the Diplomatic Service when Hitler came to power. Lali Horstmann left Berlin in 1949, and lived mostly in London and New York. She died in 1954.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780297643814 |
| ISBN 10 | 0297643819 |
| Title | Nothing for Tears |
| Author | Lali Hortsmann |
| Series | Weidenfeld And Nicolson 50 Years |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 1999-10-28 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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