Als sei alles leicht

Elfi Conrad needs only a few short sentences to bring a forgotten world back to the present. In the winter of 1945, Ursel flees with her mother, her sister, and her newborn daughter from Lower Silesia to southern Germany. The newborn is named Dora; she is the girl from Elfi Conrad's acclaimed novel "Snowflakes Like Fire." Unflinchingly and succinctly, Elfi Conrad recounts how women on the run had to use their physicality to escape societal powerlessness. Amid constant threats from cold, hunger, and soldiers, Ursel takes responsibility for her family to ensure their survival and to secure a passenger certificate for all family members.