Hilke's Diary: Germany, July 1940 - August 1945

Hilke's Diary is a battered, chintz-covered little book with a flowery pattern, its lock (once so important to its young owner) long since broken. It has survived an incredible near-seventy years, and was the inseparable companion of a little German girl throughout the Second World War. Hilke was evacuated from Hamburg and separated from her family; in 1940 she was placed with her uncle and aunt in Meisenheim, then later (in 1942) she was sent to an estate as a companion for a little girl. ...