Alvydas Šlepikas

In the Shadow of Wolves

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The Second World War is drawing to a close, but the world is far from safe. Left to fend for themselves, women and children are forced out of their homes in East Prussia to make way for the advancing victors. As the Russian soldiers arrive, the women know that they are still very much in danger, and that for them, the fight for survival is only just beginning.

Facing critical food shortages and the onset of a bitter cold winter without heat, the women send their children into the nearby forests where they secretly cross the border into Lithuania, begging the local farmers for work or food to take back home to their waiting families. Along the way the children find cruelty, hardship and violence, but also kindness, hope, and the promise of a new and better future.

Based on meticulous research, this stunning and powerful debut novel by Alvydas Slepikas tells for the first time the story of the ‘wolf children’ and the measures many families were forced to take in order to survive.
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171 printed pages
Translator
Romas Kinka
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  • Jessica Garcíashared an impression2 years ago
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    En las guerras no hay ganadores. Siempre hemos sabido las horrores a los que fue sometido el pueblo judío en la 2da guerra mundial pero nunca había escuchado de las penurias de los civiles alemanes durante y al finalizar la guerra. Está historia nos da a conocer la dura situación de todas estás familias alemanas que habitaban la zona de Prusia Oriental, más en específico de los niños que cruzaban hacía Lituania para trabajar en las granjas y poder llevar de regreso comida a sus familias que vivían de milagro en el duro invierno sin comida y siendo acosados por los soldados rusos que ya ocupaban todo el territorio alemán al finalizar la guerra.

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  • Denzel Draytonhas quoted5 years ago
    Some details are clear, others are already lost, as in a faded photograph.

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