Api’s Berlin Diaries offers a haunting personal story of the fall Berlin in 1945 at the end of the Third Reich and an unflinching look at a family’s Nazi past.
“This is a must-read for anyone interested in the German experience during WWII.” —Ariana Neumann, author of When Time Stopped
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About Gabrielle
Born in Berlin in 1942, Gabrielle fled with her mother in 1945. Only her grandfather stayed behind to serve as a doctor. Her father, a fighter pilot, had been shot down in 1943.
Gabrielle grew up in different parts of Germany and in Vienna, sometimes in boarding schools. Her only stable home was four years with her grandfather until his death in 1955. Now she is settled in South Bend, Indiana, where she may have found a balance between being a stranger and belonging.
A lesson Gabrielle learnt late in life was that we all live with often buried layers of history, family and place. They shape our thinking and behavior and may help us live together with compassion and tolerance. Perhaps her stories can assist with this?
Gabrielle has an MA from Columbia University and a PhD from the University of London. She has published eight books and about fifty articles and has won a number of awards for her writing and community engagement. Until retirement, she taught at US universities and abroad.
