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by Virginia C. Larsen (Translator), Lilo Beil (Author)
Most of these stories are based on actual accounts. They all focus on a dark epoch in Germany's history: World War II. The central figure is most often a child or adolescent trying to make sense of the behavior of adults in the midst of frightening changes in everyday life. These stories are about intolerance, ignorance, cowardice and moral failure. They also depict small acts of humanity, of humor and love, flashes of light which stood out in that time of shadows.
Author Biography
Lilo Beil, née Seiferling, was born in 1947 in Klingenmuenster (Landkreis Southern Weinstrasse) and spent her childhood and youth in a parsonage in the town of Winden. She attended the Progymnasium in Bad Bergzabern and the Modern Language Gymnasium in Landau (today the Max Slevogt Gymnasium*), from which she graduated in 1966. After studying English and French in Heidelberg, she taught those languages at the Martin Luther Schule, a Gymnasium* in the town of Rimbach/Odenwald, located north of Heidelberg and south of Frankfurt. She and her husband, a former teacher and an antiques evaluator, live in the area. They have three grown daughters and a grandson. She is retired and now writes full-time. Lilo Beil welcomes responses and questions from readers. She can be contacted via her website www.lilobeil.de.