Product Description: The lives and writings of these two sisters, Jennie and Ann Speer, provide us a window on a world that for a long time was rarely seen and only recently has been exposed. The life of neither sister is an altogether happy one. The writings of both—Jennie in particular—are full of a kind of yearning, of sadness, of possibilities not realized...read more

Product Description: Heidi Scriba Vance's engrossing story combines courage with practiality and enthusiasm for life with a tenacity to survive. Just as importantly, she provides a cogent and different picture of individual German lives under Nazi rule.