{"product_id":"the-wolf-girl-a-true-wwii-survival-story-of-east-prussias-lost-wolf-children-world-war-ii-from-a-german-point-of-view","title":"The Wolf Girl: A True WWII Survival Story of East Prussia's Lost Wolf Children (World War II from a German Point of View)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Wolf Girl: A True WWII Survival Story of East Prussia's Lost Wolf Children\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe was eleven when the guns fell silent—yet for her, the war's aftermath became a harsher battlefield.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn February 1946, eleven-year-old Ursula Dorn made a decision that would save her life—and haunt her forever. Leaving her family behind in the ruins of Königsberg, she embarked on a desperate journey to escape starvation in Soviet-occupied East Prussia, where over 70,000 Germans had already perished.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the extraordinary true story of the \"Wolfskinder\"—the forgotten children of World War II.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe Untold Tragedy of 20,000 Lost Children\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter Germany's defeat, an estimated 20,000 orphaned German children roamed the devastated landscape of northern East Prussia. Children as young as four were left to fend for themselves in a world turned upside down.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUrsula smuggled herself aboard a Russian freight train to Lithuania, where compassionate Lithuanian families risked their lives to care for starving German children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFrom One War Into Another\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe children had escaped one war only to find themselves trapped in another. Soviet-occupied Lithuania was a battlefield where Lithuanian partisans waged deadly guerrilla war against Soviet forces. In the forests where the wolf children sought refuge, gunfire echoed nightly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery knock on a farmhouse door could mean death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e When Soviet patrols discovered \"German fascist children,\" entire families faced deportation to Siberian labor camps. The children learned to vanish at the first sound of approaching boots, to trust no one completely.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eForced to Live Like Wolves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen persecution intensified, the children were driven deeper into the forests, forced to survive like wild animals—earning them the name \"wolf children.\" They adopted Lithuanian identities, learned new languages, and buried their German past to stay alive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eInside You Will Discover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• A child's view of a collapsed province after Königsberg's fall • Nights hiding from partisans and Soviet patrols in battleground forests • Terror of deportation raids and families torn apart • Fragmented names, forged identities, and the cost of erasing a past • The invisible war after the war: hunger, cold, shame, and secrecy • A decades-long silence finally broken\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWhat Makes This Memoir Different\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt does not sensationalize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Based on extensive interviews with Ursula Dorn herself, now 90, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Wolf Girl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e breaks decades of silence surrounding one of WWII's most tragic and overlooked chapters. Author Christian Hardinghaus, a renowned German historian specializing in WWII, spent years earning Ursula's trust to bring this story to light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis deeply human memoir places one small life inside a neglected chapter of postwar Europe where \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe end of one war meant the beginning of another.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePerfect for Readers Who Appreciated:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Pianist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Nightingale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll the Light We Cannot See\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e • \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Girl Who Escaped from Auschwitz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAbout This Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis English translation brings Ursula's story to international audiences for the first time. The German original became a sensation, finally giving voice to survivors silenced for decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA testament to resilience—and to the forgotten children who survived by vanishing into a war that history forgot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the author of multiple bestselling WWII histories, Christian Hardinghaus delivers a meticulously researched yet deeply personal account of one girl's incredible journey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914627539135,"sku":"fea83c1e-3d46-43ab-a99c-09c54838b933","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/a685500f7ad63cf429a60f300d22599d.jpg?v=1785060285","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/the-wolf-girl-a-true-wwii-survival-story-of-east-prussias-lost-wolf-children-world-war-ii-from-a-german-point-of-view","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}