Grace Austin (Author)
Vilnius under Four Flags
Vilnius under Four Flags
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Vilnius - an Eastern European city that underwent four regime changes from 1939 to 1944; Polish to Lithuanian to Russian to German before the final Soviet occupation. The protagonists are three families living under the various occupations: the Polish family of Casimir Kataski; the Lithuanian family of Baron Eimontas; and the Jewish Bernstein family. The Soviet Union gives Lithuania back its historic capital, Vilnius, which had been under Polish rule. A year later the Soviets invade and occupy the whole country with the horror of totalitarian rule. The German Nazis arrive and are welcomed by certain segments of the population as liberators. In spite of the gulags, concentration camps, and war, life went on in the city. The human condition absorbs love, sex, rape, torture, betrayal, lies and truths. The goal was simply survival and freedom for Lithuania.
Product details
- ASIN : B0CFCW5H5R
- Publisher : Hippoclides Press LLC
- Publication date : October 16, 2023
- Language : English
- Print length : 328 pages
- ISBN-13 : 979-8986559438
- Item Weight : 1.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1.06 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #9,572 in Historical World War II & Holocaust Fiction, #9,694 in World War II Historical Fiction
About the author - Grace Austin
Grace Austin graduated from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University Dental School, later obtaining a specialty in Periodontics from Rutgers Dental School. After years in private practice in New Jersey she published a historical novel, VILNIUS:UNDER FOUR FLAGS, based on the city she was born in and stories her parents told her about World War II.
During extensive travel in the Middle East, she visited Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, and also became familiar with conditions in the West Bank and Gaza. Based on her experiences, she wrote a children's book GIZA THE GAZA DONKEY, and LEDA, a novel.
She now lives in Chicago with her husband, Jack Matlock, and her cat, Charlie.
