A Woman in Berlin

A Woman in Berlin

"A Woman in Berlin" ("Eine Frau in Berlin") is a published diary of the period from 20 April to 22 June 1945 in Berlin. Author Marta Hillers was a well-known German journalist, and at her request the diary was published anonymously for her protection. The book details the writer's experiences as a rape victim during the Red Army occupation of the city. Only after her death was she identified.

The diary describes with objectivity the occupation of Berlin by the Soviets at the end of World War II, and explains many of the horrors that the protagonist faced and the struggle of the inhabitants to survive. The German writer Kurt Marek (C. W. Ceram) was responsible for its initial publication in America in 1954.

ee also

*Battle of Berlin
*Red Army atrocities

External links

*cite news |author=Luke Harding |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1056125,00.html |title=Row over naming of rape author |publisher=The Observer |date=2003-10-05


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