Der GUSTLOFF entronnen - in LÜBECK angekommen

The author, born in 1940 in Gdansk, presents her experiences and memories during the war in this book, particularly focusing on the constant bombings and the associated stays in air raid shelters. She also describes the daily struggle for survival amidst the ruins of Gdansk. Furthermore, she recounts the subsequent escape over Rügen to Lübeck to Flenderlager II. For seven formative years, she lived with her initially six-member family in a single barrack room in Lübeck-Siems at Flenderlager. She not only documented her own significant situations but also incorporated original texts from her mother's estate and her older siblings. In fictional letters to them and to her father, she provides insight into her emotional world during those years and the value and strength of family bonds.

Table of Contents:
I. Poems
II. Fictional Letters
a) to my mother and Gisela
b) to my niece Francoise and her son Benjamin
c) to my father
III. Still in Gdansk
1) A war experience
2) Lothar's (brother) role in Gdansk
3) Narwik camp and Lothar at Grandma's in Gdansk
IV. Evacuation from Gdansk towards the West
a) GAGER camp on Rügen
b) GÖHREN on Rügen
V. FLENDER camp II in Lübeck (7 years)
1) Fictional letter to Gisela
2) Aunt Lotte and her kindergarten
VI. Reflections on the past - Restart in a proper apartment
1) The miracle of Paris
2) Fictional letter to great-nephew Benjamin
3) Fictional letter to brother Lothar
4) Memories from Gisela and Traute
5) The 1950s in Flender camp II in Lübeck-Siems
Biography.