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| Format | Book Whole |
|---|---|
| Author, Monographic | Dost, Elizabeth Arnswald |
| Title, Monographic | Home Alone in America: Letters Exchanged by a Young German in the U.S. and His Family in Berlin from 1946 to 1955 |
| Place of Publication | Westminster, MD |
| Publisher | Heritage Books |
| Date of Publication | 2004 |
| Extent of Work | xiv, 230 |
| ISBN | 0-7884-3149-8 |
| Abstract | It was September 1946, just a year after the war's end, when an American-born German youth stepped off the ship alone in New York City. In a hasty decision, precipitated by the chaotic aftermath of World War II, Helmut's well-meaning parents had sent their gifted teenager alone to the United States to claim the supposed advantages of his American citizenship--and hopefully pave the way for their own early immigration. Little did they dream that nine years of separation lay ahead! The extraordinary collection of letters exchanged during those years by Helmut Dost in the United States and his family in Berlin tell the suspense-filled story of a young man’s unanticipated struggles and challenges in the country of his birth. At the same time, they give us intriguing glimpses of life in beleaguered West Berlin during the tense days of the Cold War. |
| Notes | Eagle Editions, an imprint of Heritage Books; donated by Elizabeth Arnswald Dost |
| Call Number | E 184 .G3 D76 2004 |
| MKI Terms | Letters/ German Americans -- California/ Emigration and immigration (Germany-US)/ Immigrants, German/ 20th century/ Family history/ Dost, Helmut/ Dost family |