The Hands of War

A Tale of Endurance and Hope, From a Survivor of the Holocaust

De: Marione Ingram

Narrado por: Teresa DeBerry

An inspiring account from one of history’s darkest moments.

Marione Ingram grew up in Hamburg, Germany, in the late 1930s and early 1940s. She was German. She was Jewish. She was a survivor. This is her story.

As a young girl, Marione was aware that people of the Jewish faith were regarded as outsiders, the supposed root of Germany’s many problems. She grew up in an apartment building where neighbors were more than happy to report Jews to the Gestapo. Marione’s mother attempted suicide after receiving a deportation notice - Marione revived her, but then the bombs started to fall, as the Allies leveled the city in eight straight days of bombings. Somehow Marione and her mother and sister survived the devastating firestorms - more than 40,000 perished, and almost the same number were wounded.

Marione and her family miraculously escaped and sought shelter with a contact in the countryside, who grudgingly agreed to house them in a shed for more than a year. With the war drawing to a close, they went west, back to Hamburg. There they encountered Allied troops, who reinstalled the local government (made up of ex-Nazis) in order to keep order in the country. Life took on the air of what it used to be. Jews were still second-class citizens.

Marione eventually took shelter at a children’s home in a mansion once owned by wealthy Jewish bankers. There she met Uri, a troubled orphan and another one of the "Children of Blankenese". Uri’s story, a bleak tale of life in the concentration camps, explores a different side of the Nazi terror in Germany.

In this stirring account of World War II through the eyes of a child, the author's eloquent narrative will elicit compassion from listeners.

©2012 Marione Ingram (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Heartwrenching

Extremely well-written account of what it was like to live under the Nazis before and during world war II.

Powerful story from an incredible woman

Marione Ingram is a force! I’ve been a fan of hers for years but hadn’t heard her whole story. It’s incredible to hear how she took such huge adversity and childhood trauma and turned it into a force for such immense good. She continues to fight on behalf of the oppressed, which she has done for decades. Amazing woman and moving story. So grateful for her voice.

The Hands of War

This is of course a compelling true story. I could not finish it. The "fake" accent of the narrator was annoying. I know the story is true and it is about the life of a young European girl caught up in a tragic time but I do not need a forced accent to tell the story. Many a good Audible book has been ruined by the narrator inserting herself into the accounting!