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In Forty Autumns, Nina Willner recounts the history of three generations of her family - mothers, sisters, daughters and cousins - separated by forty years of Soviet rule, and reunited after the fall of the Berlin Wall.Shortly after the end of the Second World War, as the Soviets took control of the eastern part of Germany, Hanna, a schoolteacher's daughter, escaped with nothing more than a small suitcase and the clothes on her back. As Hanna ...

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Growing up outside of Berlin, Hanna’s father encouraged his children to learn about life beyond the village. But at the end of World War II, the Soviets took control of the eastern part of Germany and established a repressive communist satellite state—East Germany—which used brutal force and a massive wall to cut off East from West.Determined to live free, Hanna made a dangerous escape that eventually lead her to America. But the price of free...

Growing up in a provincial village outside of Berlin, Hanna was encouraged by her schoolteacher father to follow her dreams. But at the end of World War II, the Soviets took control of the eastern part of Germany and established a repressive communist state—East Germany—which used brutal force and a massive wall to cut off East from West.Determined to live free, Hanna made a dangerous escape to West Germany. But the price of freedom—leaving be...

This is a story of courage and survival and a family divided by the Berlin Wall. Will appeal to readers of "Stasiland".

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In 1948 vlucht de twintigjarige Hanna vanuit de ddr naar West-Berlijn om aan het communistische regime te ontsnappen. De prijs die ze betaalt voor haar vrijheid is hoog. Veertig jaar lang zal de familie door het IJzeren Gordijn gescheiden zijn. Hanna's dochter Nina Willner groeit op in Washington en wordt, als eerste vrouw, opgeleid tot agent bij de Amerikaanse geheime dienst. Op het hoogtepunt van de Koude Oorlog wordt Willner in Oost-Berlijn...

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