Hans's grandfather was the Liberian consul to Germany', his mother German. After his grandfather and father were expelled he and his mother struggled to survive not only poverty and war-time conditions - including the carpet bombing of Hamburg - but above all the Nazi race laws. A hair-raising and thought-provoking tale of a small boy learning he is not only different but subhuman and of a mother fighting to ensure her son survives at all. Fascinating.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 31 September 2005 ) |
