Underground in Berlin : a young woman's extraordinary tale of survival in the heart of Nazi Germany / Marie Jalowicz Simon ; translated by Anthea Bell ; foreword and afterword by Hermann Simon.

Follows the true story of a young Jewish woman who vanished into the city and lived under an assumed identity, relying on safe houses, foreign workers, and communists in order to survive in World War II Berlin.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simon, Marie, 1922-1998 (Author)
Other Authors: Bell, Anthea (Translator) Simon, Hermann, 1949- (writer of foreword,)
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Published:New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Edition:First United States edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue, 1942
  • I was to learn to assert myself : childhood and youth in Berlin
  • Alone in the icy wastes : forced labor for Siemens
  • A rainbow of unimaginable beauty : attempts at flight ; going to ground
  • The enemy is doing all this to us : the first winter in hiding
  • I was the girl without a name : after 1943, something like a normal life
  • I didn't have to surrender : the war is over.