Eva's War: A True Story of Survival

By Eva Krutein and Krutein Eva

Book Overview

2nd Printing, 2015 "Eva's War" is the beginning of a captivating trilogy about one woman's fight for survival and her journey through one of the most turbulent times in world history. The year is 1945, the world is at war. Young Eva must leave her beloved Danzig to escape the Soviets and the harm they would bring to her little family. After hearing rumors about the terrible devastation of the town of Nemmersdorf, Eva makes the heartbreaking decision to leave her parents. It is more than a decision to leave the comforts of home, as the lives of those who remain are also at risk. Without knowing if she will ever find her husband Manfred again, or see her loving parents, Eva sets out on her own through the wreckage of war. Driven by a youthful sense of adventure, Eva takes her baby daughter and boards a ship sailing into the unknown. They barely escape death on numerous occasions. Alone and carrying the full weight of saving her child's life on her shoulders, Eva's only solace is the beautiful music she creates on the piano. Drawing from this love of music, and the wholehearted love she feels for her husband, now lost to her, Eva emerges from the ashes of war a new, stronger woman.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0938513087
• ISBN13: 9780938513087
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: Amador Publishers, LLC
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Remarkable story

I had the privelage of getting to know Eva and her late husband Manfred through a mutual interest. Her story is so rich and vibrant yet sad and intense, she is such a remarkable person and to have had the chance to meet the person behind a courageous story is a blessing.

Powerful Story

I bought and read this book because I am the grandaughter of a refugee from post WWII Dansig. As a very young girl, I used to love to listen to my grandmother tell her stories about her flight from Dansig when the Russians invaded but I was too young to appreciate what she really went through and the true horror of what happened. This book filled in a lot of the holes and gave me a better understanding of my own heritage. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the story of the Germans who were expelled (ethnically clenased) from eastern Europe after Germany surrendered.

Excellent and informative

Eva Krutein is a survivor. Her story is horrifying in that it details man's inhumanity to man on all fronts. What is particularly distressing is the cruelty and stupidity practiced by the allies after the war under the guise of an abomination known as the Morgenthau Plan. This book fills in some missing pieces, tells a story that is not covered by the anti-German media in the USA. If I have any criticism it is that Eva is too forgiving of the Red Army atrocities - she makes excuses for it, and does not explain that gang rape, rape, murder, starvation etc., was official government policy of Stalin with the deafening silence of the Americans & Brits. Eva's war is at times funny, often depressing and ultimately uplifting. Read it!

Enthralling account of refugees from East Germay after WWII

This book is written in a very readable form, more fiction like, yet very factual. I felt the author's story was an important account of one family's struggle to survive as German refugees from Eastern Europe. The details of the story made me very sad yet because of the author's hope in mankind I felt lifted up by her account.