My Enemy, My Beloved (Paperback)


On the day following the historic breakthrough of the American army into Aachen, Germany, sixteen-year-old Elsa Sommer drove into New Ulm, Minnesota, from her father's farm.Many of the folks in New Ulm were of German extraction, immigrants mostly. Some had arrived in America just before Europe had been swept up in Hitler's fiendish hand. Scores of residents had relatives in Germany, and many harbored strong memories of their homeland. But their hearts prayed for the American boys who were now fighting on German soil. As if to augment the news from Europe, work had been ongoing for some time at the abandoned CCC camp south of the city. It would soon become a prisoner-of-war camp to house a contingent of Germans coming up from Algona, Iowa. Despite their Germanic ties, many in New Ulm disliked the prospect of having young enemy soldiers living in such close proximity with them. Unfortunately, they had no choice but to go along with the government decree . . .

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On the day following the historic breakthrough of the American army into Aachen, Germany, sixteen-year-old Elsa Sommer drove into New Ulm, Minnesota, from her father's farm.Many of the folks in New Ulm were of German extraction, immigrants mostly. Some had arrived in America just before Europe had been swept up in Hitler's fiendish hand. Scores of residents had relatives in Germany, and many harbored strong memories of their homeland. But their hearts prayed for the American boys who were now fighting on German soil. As if to augment the news from Europe, work had been ongoing for some time at the abandoned CCC camp south of the city. It would soon become a prisoner-of-war camp to house a contingent of Germans coming up from Algona, Iowa. Despite their Germanic ties, many in New Ulm disliked the prospect of having young enemy soldiers living in such close proximity with them. Unfortunately, they had no choice but to go along with the government decree . . .

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Imprint

North Star Press of St. Cloud

Country of origin

United States

Release date

September 2010

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First published

September 2010

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Dimensions

226 x 150 x 23mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

ISBN-13

978-0-87839-384-8

Barcode

9780878393848

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LSN

0-87839-384-6



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