Tilli Wolff-Mönckeberg, a woman of sharp intellect and considerable education, navigated a life marked by profound personal and historical shifts. Her writings, particularly the poignant diary penned as unposted letters during wartime, offer an intimate glimpse into the anxieties and resilience of an individual isolated by global conflict. Wolff-Mönckeberg’s work captures the quiet strength of maintaining connection and documenting existence amidst profound separation, reflecting themes of family, displacement, and the enduring human spirit.
Features letters written (but never posted) by a 60 year-old woman, to her children living abroad, about the experience of living in Hamburg during the war. Discovered in a drawer in the 1970s, they were translated by her daughter, the late Ruth Evans, and first published in England and Germany in 1979