{"product_id":"for-the-fatherland-ilsa-fanchin-9781475963380","title":"For the Fatherland","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn October of 1944, the fifth year of World War II, the war escalated in Germany and all hands-including women-were needed to keep the offensive alive. In \u003ci\u003eFor the Fatherland\u003c\/i\u003e, author Ilsa Fanchin records the last eight months of the war as seen through her eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe tells about receiving her draft notice, along with other young, unmarried twenty-two-year-old women who were physically able and employed in nonsensitive positions not vital for the war effort. Along with approximately three hundred young, female draftees, she boarded a special train from her home in Frankfurt am Maim to the large industrial town of Leipzig in Eastern Germany. The women were inducted, underwent physicals, received uniforms, and took a mandatory oath in a solemn ritual to \"serve the Fatherland.\" This memoir narrates the story of how these women served under primitive conditions during a bitterly cold winter, working on searchlights and replacing young male soldiers needed in combat on several fronts of fighting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor the Fatherland\u003c\/i\u003e provides an insightful look into the role women played during World War II in Germany and the sacrifices that were made for the cause.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ilsa Fanchin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1475963386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781475963380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41d","brand":"Ilsa Fanchin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47579754266879,"sku":"9781475963380","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c10ab7db-d306-4ec5-9605-ea6a09fba409.jpg?v=1763876416","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/for-the-fatherland-ilsa-fanchin-9781475963380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}