Margritt Engel presents A German Eyewitness Account of Losing Two

Margritt Engel presents A German Eyewitness Account of Losing Two World Wars

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Margritt Engel shares her father’s letters dated Nov. 1917-Dec. 1918 from Riga, Latvia written to his parents in Saxony. In addition, she examines her father’s diary written during WWII, dated from November 1941 to March 1945. Deemed unfit for combat due to a riding accident, Margritt Engel’s father spent both wars in the food supply service. His is letters and diaries offer a fascinating and intimate glimpse into the life of an East German during two world wars. Margritt Engel translated, Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742 by Georg Wilhelm Steller; with O.W. Frost and History of Kamchatka with Karen Willmore, published by UA Press. She is Professor Emerita in the Department of Languages at UAA.

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