Memoirs of growing up in Konigsberg, East Prussia (Germany) which was taken over by the Russian’s during WWII and is now called Kaliningrad . Fleeing the Russians with 2 young children while her husband was a POW in the United States. A story of love, strength and wisdom.

Titled “Where Hoffman Told His Fairytales” because E.T.A. Hoffman, who wrote the Nutcracker Suite, was born and lived in Konigsberg where he wrote his tales.