Oranges for Christmas

A Berlin Wall Escape Novel

De: Margarita Morris

Narrado por: James Anderson Foster, Christa Lewis

The war is over, but the fight for freedom has only just begun.

Berlin. August 1961. The Cold War. When the Berlin Wall brutally divides East from West, Sabine is separated from her beloved brother, Dieter. Escape to the West is the only option if the family is to be reunited. But the Wall is guarded by soldiers operating a shoot-to-kill policy. And Sabine finds herself at the mercy of the Stasi and their brutal interrogation techniques. She must fight to escape. She must fight to survive.

Separated from his family by the Berlin Wall, Dieter teams up with a rebel group determined to rescue their loved ones from East Berlin. They have a plan. But it's a dangerous mission, beset with difficulties at every turn. Who can they really trust? Who is friend or foe?

©2013 Margarita Morris (P)2020 Tantor

informative though it is fiction ...

This important story is beautifully written. It brings a period of history alive of Post World War 2, the cold war in Germany. The East was under Communist regime that suppressed the citizens who lived in fear, oppression, and suffered, as during actual physical warfare. Isolation alone, and the many extremes of inhumane regulation interfered in all aspects of daily life.
Berlin was split and those in the EAST suffered miserably.
The characters are well developed and unforgettable. I researched to find out if there was role of the allies in assisting Germany to rid communism. I learned much that was passed by in my education as a baby boomer. I do recommend this as a good read.

Hope amid the terror

Good summary of life faced by East Berliners in early days of the Wall from teenagers viewpoint