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1 online resource (ix, 104 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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| Contents |
A Journey on My Own; Contents; Preface; Prologue; Chapter One: Family Background and Childhood; Chapter Two: Elgersweier; Chapter Three: Feldafing; Chapter Four: War Up Close; Chapter Five: Boys and Toys; Chapter Six: Postwar; Chapter Seven: British Connection; Chapter Eight: Repatriation; Chapter Nine: Astoria; Chapter Ten: On My Own Again; Chapter Eleven: Recruit; Index; About the Author. |
| Summary |
A Journey on My Own tells the story of Eric Vieler, born in America but raised in Hitler's Germany, where he saw the persecution of Jewish neighbors and experienced the bombing of cities. After being expelled from a Nazi-run academy, he crossed battle lines to reach his home. On Easter 1945, he encountered American troops, became their interpreter, and witnessed fierce fighting. He joined British occupation forces, doing a variety of jobs for food as compensation. Vieler's quest for his American identity was fulfilled when he was repatriated to America at age fifteen, but thoughts of independe. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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Vieler, Eric H., 1931-
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Vieler, Eric H., 1931- (OCoLC)fst01544397
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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Americans -- Germany -- Biography.
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German Americans -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, German American.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Americans. (OCoLC)fst00807488
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German Americans. (OCoLC)fst00941308
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Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
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Amerikanischer Junge.
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Weltkrieg 1939-1945.
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Germany.
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1939-1945
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vieler, Eric H., 1931- Journey on my own. Lanham, Md. : Hamilton Books, ©2010 9780761848349 (DLC) 2009932822 (OCoLC)503329361 |
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9780761848370 (electronic bk.) |
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0761848371 (electronic bk.) |
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