A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary by Marta Hillers

A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary

Marta Hillers with Philip Boehm (Translator)

261 pages first pub 1953 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her apartment building and among its residents. With bald honesty and brutal lyricism (Elle), the anonymous author depicts her fellow Berline...

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Moods

dark 81%
sad 68%
emotional 65%
informative 62%
reflective 50%
tense 42%
challenging 31%
inspiring 11%
hopeful 6%
funny 4%
adventurous 3%

Pace

medium 54%
slow 23%
fast 21%

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