German World War II Survivor Reveals the Perils of Life under the Nazis

Dec. 9, 2009 - PRLog -- In her just-published autobiographical novel Journey to Peace, German-born Canadian Ruth Rathgeber draws on her real-life experience to create a riveting saga of fear, love and betrayal under the Nazi regime. The book opens as the Third Reich is crumbling and Karin von Holbig, a young German working as a reporter in occupied Poland prepares to flee the Russian advance. The story traces Karin’s gruelling and life-threatening journey from Poland to Germany and eventually to Canada in search of a life without war.
Rathgeber is available for interviews and would welcome the opportunity to talk about her book and discuss what life was really like for ordinary Germans trapped under Hitler’s insane regime. At the book launch for Journey to Peace, she read from the novel and recounted her vivid memories of the perilous existence of ordinary Germans during and immediately after World War II. She also answered the many questions of audience members curious to better understand this devastating time in modern history.
Additional information and where to buy Journey to Peace by Ruth Rathgeber (ISBN: 978-0-9784455-1-5) can be found at the publisher’s web site, www.ganneth.com
To request a review copy of the book, to arrange an interview with Rathgeber, or for more information please contact:
Gail Bebee
The Ganneth Company
Toronto, Ontario
Tel:  416-733-0221
gbebee@gailbebee.com

About the Author
Ruth Rathgeber was born in Kassel, Germany. After the untimely deaths of both parents, she spent her teenage years in Chemnitz. She worked as a journalist in Poland during World War II and was a translator for the International Relief Organization after the war. Rathgeber immigrated to Canada in 1950. She resides in Brighton, Ontario. Journey to Peace is her first novel.

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