Browse through life stories from the biography Publishers´s programme – only through those, of course, who were approved for publishing. A lot of biographies were designed and printed for family and friends only and are therefore not on display.
All books (apart from those marked “out of print”) can be ordered in any bookshop, online bookshop or directly at the publishing house via email. Shipping to Germany is free, shipping to the US is 5.00 $.
On display besides many intriguing stories: A lot of experience by now…
Geraubte Jugend – verlorenes Land
There are years in the life of Ilse Hansen, born in 1927, where agency is taken from her completely. First it is the Nazis who order a compulsory year of Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst) and war auxiliary service (Kriegshilfsdienst), then it is Czech troops who deported her to a forced labor camp and later expulsed her from her home. Finally, she believes she is free and all of a sudden constraints of a very different nature begin to reveal themselves…
Ilse Hansen: Geraubte Jugend – verlorenes Land.
ISBN: 3-937772-03-0; paperback 158 pages, 14,90 Euro
Alle Tage ihres Lebens. Erinnerungen von Anna Vogt
When you hear Anna Vogt speak you are inevitably reminded of strong female figures from the Old Testament. Her story is a fascinating account and an impressive woman’s portrait. “I was born during the bitter cold Winter, January of 1914…”
Ruth Damwerth: Alle Tage ihres Lebens. Erinnerungen von Anna Vogt.
ISBN: 3-937772-04-9; paperback 170 pages, 14,90 Euro
Vergessene Vergangenheit
1945 and 1946 in the region of Lauenburg/Pomerania! The documentation of the descent of an epoch which centers around people, especially the dominating social strata, the landowner families and their relatives. The events taking place in both the East and most Northern part of Pomerania were symptomatic and exemplary for the old Prussian province.
The book concludes placing a full stop at the end of an expired historical progression. It is a moving and exciting read for anyone from this region that has been populated with German settlements since the Middles Ages and an ideal present for West German relatives and friends that are interested in the history of Eastern Germany.
Ulrich Dorow: Vergessene Vergangenheit.
ISBN: 3-937772-07-3, paperback 500 pages, 28,90 Euro
Nicht allein am Steuer des Lebens
The life story of Dr. Franz Große, as he tells it, is a moving portrayal of the 20th century. In 1941 at the age of eighteen Franz Große is drafted into the navy straight out of “Oberprima”, his senior year of high school, trained as naval officer and sent to serve on minesweepers, minehunters, guinea pig vessels and submarines. Post captivity and after a long hospital stay Große starts studying medicine in Münster in 1948. In 1960 he assumes a position as a country doctor in the very rural and remote Everswinkel where he practices until 2003. During this period of time he witnesses the enthralling, occasionally strained development of Everswinkel into a modern place of residence.
Franz Große/Ruth Damwerth: Nicht allein am Steuer des Lebens
ISBN: 3-937772-08-1; 18,90 Euro
His illness forbade him to write the book by himself. Historian and German studies specialist Ruth Damwerth patiently, competently and intuitively listened to his dictations, and composed and published the work after one year of close collaboration. “Without the help of my co-author this would not have been possible “, Große states gratefully.
Die Glocke, 04.01.2006, on “Nicht allein am Steuer des Lebens“
Zitronenberge an der Weichsel. Die bittersüße Lebensgeschichte der Emilie "Milusch" Büntjen
Born in 1922 near Thorn Emilie, who was called by the name Milusch, was the eighth of eleven siblings. This region had already experienced five changes of occupying power between the Germans and the Polish. She lives an idyllic childhood and adolescence that is increasingly endangered by the political developments. Yet another shift of power casts a dark shadow and the turmoil that ensues threatens to devour the young girl.
Emilie Büntjen und Ruth Damwerth: Zitronenberge an der Weichsel. Die bittersüße Lebensgeschichte der Emilie "Milusch" Büntjen.
ISBN: 978-3-937772-09-7; 18,90 Euro
An impressive piece of work that closely confronts the reader with the difficult pre-war years of a Polish citizen with German nationality in the lower region of the river Weichsel. An insight into a simple rural life riddled with hardship, so poignant that the uprooting of these people through their displacement at the end of the Second World War becomes convincingly close and palpable. At the end it is clear why this life story is “bittersweet”. A book that is easy to read and easy to recommend.
Der Westpreusse, 12/2007, on “Zitronenberge an der Weichsel“