Story about A Woman in Berlin / Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin / 柏林的女人
A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World W...
A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.
A nameless woman keeps a diary as the Russian invade Berlin in the spring of 1945. She is in her early 30s, a patriotic journalist with international credentials; her husband, Gerd, a writer, is an officer at the Russian front. She speaks Russian and, for a day or two after the invasion, keeps herelf safe, but then the rapes begin. She resolves to control her fate and invites the attention of a Russian major, Andreij Rybkin. He becomes her protector of sorts subject to pressures from his own fellow soldier and officer. Dramas play out in the block of flats where she lives. Is she an amoral traitor? She asks, "How do we go on living?" And what of Gerd and her diary?
