A review by lexicon1982
The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner
4.0
“We decide who and what we will love and who and what we will hate. We decide what we will do with the love and hate. Every day we decide. It was this that revealed who we were, not the color of our flesh or the shape of our eyes or the language we spoke.”
This is a story worth reading ; everyone should learn about the unspoken truth of internment camps on American soul, things they don’t teach in highschool history class! We should never assume that our freedoms couldn’t be taken away on a whim, between the fine line of individual freedoms and “national security”!
Having the story follow the Sontag family after their repatriation back to Germany really highlighted the struggle these interned families faced, they became caught between two worlds. Gripping and powerful testament to the human spirit! 4 out of 5 stars!
This is a story worth reading ; everyone should learn about the unspoken truth of internment camps on American soul, things they don’t teach in highschool history class! We should never assume that our freedoms couldn’t be taken away on a whim, between the fine line of individual freedoms and “national security”!
Having the story follow the Sontag family after their repatriation back to Germany really highlighted the struggle these interned families faced, they became caught between two worlds. Gripping and powerful testament to the human spirit! 4 out of 5 stars!