Crowns, Crosses, and Stars: My Youth in Prussia, Surviving Hitler, and a Life Beyond

Contents

D Contents d Editor’s Note, Richard Libowitz xi Part one: they even Closed the Candy store Prologue 3 Chapter One: September 1914 6 Chapter Two: Augusta 11 Chapter Three: Anna 16 Chapter Four: Father 20 Chapter Five: My Arrival 24 Chapter Six: Berlin 27 Chapter Seven: New Men in My Life 31 Chapter Eight: The New Pastor 35 Chapter Nine: Rabble-Rousers 40 Chapter Ten: The Godfather 43 Chapter Eleven: The Third Reich Begins 48 Chapter Twelve: A Pastor’s Growing Doubts 51 Chapter Thirteen: Nazis on Parade 53 Chapter Fourteen: Life in the Third Reich 55 Chapter Fifteen: Royal Sons 60 Chapter Sixteen: School Days 62 Chapter Seventeen: Family Choices and Special Neighbors 65 Chapter Eighteen: Uncle Mirko 70 Chapter Nineteen: Nazi Actions 72 Chapter Twenty: A Meeting with the Führer 75 Chapter Twenty-One: Problems at School and at Home 78 Chapter Twenty-Two: Uncertain Reactions 82 Chapter Twenty-Three: Boarding School 84 Chapter Twenty-Four: My Meeting 89 Chapter Twenty-Five: Pastor Made Prisoner 91 Chapter Twenty-Six: Triumphs of the Führer 94 Chapter Twenty-Seven: Prisoner 569 96 Chapter Twenty-Eight: Growing Up 99 Part two: destruCtion unliMited Chapter Twenty-Nine: Conspirators 111 Chapter Thirty: Out of and Into School 113 Chapter Thirty-One: An Aspiring Actress 116 Chapter Thirty-Two: A Visit Home 119 Chapter Thirty-Three: Good-bye to My Godfather 123 Chapter Thirty-Four: The Incipient Actress 127 Chapter Thirty-Five: The War Comes Closer to Home 130 Chapter Thirty-Six: Shortages 132 Chapter Thirty-Seven: Resistance 134 Chapter Thirty-Eight: Rescue Efforts 136 Chapter Thirty-Nine: Danzig 139 Chapter Forty: The Final Attempt 142 Chapter Forty-One: Revenge 146 Chapter Forty-Two: Aftermath 150 Chapter Forty-Three: More Illegal Activities 152 Chapter Forty-Four: A New Career 155 Chapter Forty-Five: Thoughts of Home 159 Chapter Forty-Six: The Prisoner of Dachau Receives Tragic News 161 Chapter Forty-Seven: The War Closes In 162 Chapter Forty-Eight: Last Visit to Dachau 167 Chapter Forty-Nine: Arabella 169 Chapter Fifty: Freedom 172 Chapter Fifty-One: Continuing the Trek 174 Chapter Fifty-Two: War’s End 176 Chapter Fifty-Three: The Russians are Coming 180 Chapter Fifty-Four: With the Americans 184 Chapter Fifty-Five: Joining the British 188 Chapter Fifty-Six: British Intelligence 191 Chapter Fifty-Seven: Return to Berlin 193 Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Confessing Accuser 198 Chapter Fifty-Nine: Surviving in Berlin 201 Chapter Sixty: Help from Many Sources 206 Chapter Sixty-One: A New Job 209 Chapter Sixty-Two: The News of My Father 212 Chapter Sixty-Three: Grandmother 215 Chapter Sixty-Four: Interlude: Journey into the Unknown—July 1986 217 Chapter Sixty-Five: New Sorrows, New Jobs 220 Chapter Sixty-Six: The Airlift 223 Chapter Sixty-Seven: Cold War 225 Chapter Sixty-Eight: Discomfort and New Life 227 Part three: the ProMised land Chapter Sixty-Nine: A Test Case 235 Chapter Seventy: Living in America 240 Chapter Seventy-One: The New Yorker 243 Chapter Seventy-Two: The Today Show 246 Chapter Seventy-Three: In Love Again 248 Chapter Seventy-Four: Hollywood 251 Chapter Seventy-Five: Tragedies and Other Events in Europe 253 Chapter Seventy-Six: Events in America 256 Chapter Seventy-Seven: Divorce, Despair, Deliverance 258 Chapter Seventy-Eight: Back to Berlin 261 Chapter Seventy-Nine: Life with Martin 264 Chapter Eighty: Under the Rug 267 Chapter Eighty-One: Married Life 270 Chapter Eighty-Two: Martin and the World 273 Chapter Eighty-Three: Life in Germany 276 Chapter Eighty-Four: Rebellion 279 Chapter Eighty-Five: Film and Farewell 281 Chapter Eighty-Six: The Work Is Finished 284 Chapter Eighty-Seven: East Germany 286 Chapter Eighty-Eight: New Beginnings 289 Chapter Eighty-Nine: A New Life 292 Chapter Ninety: Questions of Faith . . . and Answers 294 Chapter Ninety-One: Conversion 298 Epilogue: August 1996 302 Index 305 ...