Seventy-two tales tell of experiences with Nazis & of the impact of the Second World War. They tell of a child who lived with fear, yet, at other times, would think, feel & love like children do anywhere at any time. Readers aged 12 to 90 called these tales fascinating, gripping, yet informative about life during war & oppression. "In short autobiographic stories, this book describes the experiences of a child living in Germany fifty years ago. It speaks of a childhood during the Hitler regime, about all the horrific experiences of a family that refused to go along with the system. Added to the trauma of the Nazi inspired war with its hunger & bombs, a war that led Germany into catastrophe, was the arrest of the child's father & his death in a concentration camp. ARCH OF FIRE belongs in the hands of younger people, those for whom this era is already a distant past, & those who harbor doubts about the heinous thoughts & actions of the Nazis. May these very lively descriptions of the barbaric aspects of that time help them understand what personal courage & humaneness means even in the face of a dictatorship. May this book help them develop a measure of responsibility for their own actions." Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of (West) Germany. Order from Aina Kai Books, 4615 Custer Dr., Harrisburg, PA 17110-3209; 717-232-0772; FAX 717-232-7015.
