Let me go
Schneider, Helga2004
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Helga Schneider's mother abandoned her family to pursue her career as an SS officer. In the nursing home where her 90-year-old mother lives, Helga finds her still uncontrite. She interweaves her family history into the interview with her mother, evoking the misery of Nazi and post-war Berlin.
Let me go / Helga Schneider ; translated from the Italian by Shaun Whiteside.
London : William Heinemann, 2004.
149 p. ; 23 cm.
first published Italy 2001.
04340104999780434010493
EnglishItalian
Schneider, Helga -- FamilySchneider, Helga -- Childhood and youthSchutzstaffel -- Officers -- InterviewsWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- GermanyWomen concentration camp guards -- GermanyHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, GermanWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- GermanyGermany -- History -- 1933-1945Germany -- History -- 20th centurySchneider, Helga -- Biography