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Elizabeth B. Walter

Barefoot in the Rubble Paperback – May 1, 2000

by Elizabeth B. Walter (Author)

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As a survivor of Ethnic Cleansing, it is clear from here memoir that Elizabeth Walter suffered then, and long afterwards, both for herself and her loved ones. What also comes through her account, however, are less publicized, but resonant and compelling connections between victims of that Ethnic Cleansing and victims of the Holocaust. Elizabeth Walter knew, and suffered with, a few of the two million Volksdeutsche who perished in the Vertreibung. Two million (the currently accepted number for the ethnic German deaths in the Expulsion) is a hefty figure, even by World War II and Holocaust standards, and even for a people whom many in this country still imagine "had-it-coming." Elizabeth Walther also shares with Holocaust victims, and historical slavery and oppression, the knowledge that free and secure people did not really care about her fate. Nobody cared about the Jews in 1942, or in 1943. At least not any body with any power to help them in any significant way. In a similar sense, nobody cared about the Donauschwaben in 1944. If people thought about their situation at all, the "Schwobe" were guilty by reason of race;" just like the Jews since the time of St. Augustine.... and the Haitians since the inception of the slave trade.

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266 pages
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English
Publisher

Pannonia Press
Publication date

May 1, 2000
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5.75 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches
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0965779319
ISBN-13

978-0965779319
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pannonia Press (May 1, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 266 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0965779319
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0965779319
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches

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Rowena Ravenscroft

Worth Reading

Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2015

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This story needs to be told, and is not well known. This author is one of few who can tell it, and she does it well, up to a point. One flaw is that she is not sure if her purpose is to tell the story of the Schwabian genocide by the Russians during and after WWII in the former Yugoslavia, or just tell the story of her own complete wartime and after experience. All in all, though, well worth reading.

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Horse Mama

This book confirmed my same experiences in Yugoslavia in 1944 ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2017

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This book confirmed my same experiences in Yugoslavia in 1944 when our family became refugees
as Danube Swabians, (Donau Schwaben.) We too lost everything we had , including our home and land.
It is a historical reflection not found in any history books nor taught in any schools.

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Refugees' Daughter

compelling reading

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2008

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Ms Walter has written an uplifting and compelling book about ethnic Germans in WWII Yugoslavia. I bought the book because my father was a refugee to America from post WWII Germany. I wanted to support anyone who helped to tell the true story of the average German during the war. I did not expect to be so engrossed by a story written with such expert craftmanship that is also moving and compassionate of the human condition on several war fronts. Walter is a gifted story teller with just the right rhythm and emotional nuance.

The book is an inspirational account of the triumph of the human spirit during the final year of WWII and afterwards in the refugee/slave labor camps. Walter tells the story through the eyes of a child, but we are able to enter the lives of those close to her. The description of her mother collapsing as they reach Austria is very powerful. The book is compelling because it forces us to consider both sides of human nature, the good and evil in everyone. I recommend this book highly; I found it hard to put down and will lend it to many of my friends. I think a condensed version should be made available to all school children. My only criticism is that the forward by C. Barber should be removed. It is inappropriate and out of context.

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coopersmom

Learning My Past

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2003

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My grandmother is the kindest lady as most of them are and she was also a German refugee taken into a concentration camp by the Russians during WWII. Growing up I never quite understood how my grandmother was in a concentration camp since she and we are not Jewish. Until I listened to her story a few weeks ago, at the age of 22 and about to graduate from college, I had no clue about Germans who had nothing to do with the war that were treated so horribly and punished for crimes they did not know existed let alone had any control over. How could one fight for the Jews to stop being persecuted and then persecute others! How hypocritical and inhumane. It makes me sick but I felt as though I needed to read this book because my grandmother said Elizabeth Walter's story is similar to her own and my grandmother does not want to have to tell the gruesome details to me and my family. I hope eyes are opened by this book but I hope that people are not too disgusted like I'm afraid I have been. It makes me extrememly appreciative of all that I have!

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Herb R

Should Be Used in Classrooms

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2015

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More people need to know this part of history. As in every war, the victor gets to tell the story. But not one (non-German) person I know had ever heard anything about this. Very sad.

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Marie

First person account of the ruthless brutality committed by Tito and his Communists

Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2013

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The author was a young girl during the end of WWII when the Communists brutally killed and stole everything from the German nationals who had lived for generations in the Banat regions of Eastern Europe.

Very sad!

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matt

the truth

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2012

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Finally some history about a sad,little known but significant part of world history.The author gives her family history intertwined with events that changed the lives of millions of unfortunate members of a little known group of ethnic Germans during and after world war II.

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Tracy Keller

Barefoot In the Rubble

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2001

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An excellent telling of a horrible thing. Ms. Walter, an excellent accounting. Thank you. You have helped me see what family members went through.

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