5/27/2023 0 Comments All that i am by anna funder![]() ![]() ![]() And then, one day, they face the chilling realisation that Hitler's reach extends much further than they had thought, even to London itself. But with each breathtaking act of courage and every person that they trust, they cannot help but risk betrayal and deceit. Fleeing the country, Ruth and Hans find refuge in a basement flat in Bloomsbury, but inspired by Ruth's fearless cousin Dora, they defy the conditions of their visas and risk being sent back to Germany in order continue their dangerous resistance work. Having dedicated themselves to resisting the Nazi's rise, they have become hunted outlaws overnight. Her life and those of her tight-knit group of friends are about to change beyond all recognition. Hans is making caipirinhas, snow falls outside the kitchen window, and Hitler is making his first speech as Chancellor of Germany. It's 1933 and she is back in her light-filled flat in Berlin. Opening its delicate pages she meets with a flood of memories. ![]() Inside she finds a tattered little notebook. ![]() One September morning, elderly Ruth Wesemann wakes to the sound of a parcel being delivered to her door. The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Anna Funder's All That I Am, a powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the German resistance. ![]()
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