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Gerta, KateÅ ina TuÄ ková ; translated by Véronique Firkusny ; read by Liza Seneca

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Gerta, KateÅ ina TuÄ ková ; translated by Véronique Firkusny ; read by Liza Seneca
Language
eng
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
Gerta
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Responsibility statement
KateÅ ina TuÄ ková ; translated by Véronique Firkusny ; read by Liza Seneca
Summary
1945. Allied forces liberate Nazi-occupied Brno, Moravia. For Gerta Schnirch, daughter of a Czech mother and a German father aligned with Hitler, it's not deliverance; it's a sentence. She has been branded an enemy of the state. Caught in the changing tides of a war that shattered her family, and her innocence, Gerta must obey the official order: she, along with all ethnic Germans, is to be expelled from Czechoslovakia. With nothing but the clothes on her back and an infant daughter, she's herded among thousands, driven from the only home she's ever known. But the injustice only makes Gerta stronger, more empowered, and more resolved to seek justice. Her journey is a relentless quest for a seemingly impossible forgiveness. And one day, she will return
Target audience
adult
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