{"product_id":"nothing-for-tears-lali-horstmann-9781842127384","title":"Nothing for Tears","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe true story of one family's struggle in the chaos of Germany's defeat in 1945\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Outstanding' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most interesting personal document which has come out of Germany since the war'\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Magnus, \u003ci\u003eTime and Tide\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTowards the end of the Second World War, Lali Horstmann and her husband Freddy, a retired diplomat and art collector, were living at Kerzendorf, an elegant eighteenth-century house with a small park, avenues, statues and a garden, fifteen miles east of Berlin. The house was destroyed one night by allied bombers and the Horstmanns moved into the agent's little house in the park. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was to this small house that the Russian Secret Police came one spring night in1946 and took Freddy away with them into the dark. Two and a half years later Lali learned, almost by chance, that Freddy had died of starvation in a Russian concentration camp only a few miles from their home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLali Horstmann's account of the last months of the war under the desperate and demoralised Nazis, and the terrifying arrival of the Russians, is both eloquent and heartbreaking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lali Horstmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1842127381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781842127384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e George Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicholson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Lali Horstmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993133973759,"sku":"9781842127384","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9af5f172-2fb7-471b-9765-ed740314d5d2.jpg?v=1683322701","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nothing-for-tears-lali-horstmann-9781842127384","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}