Luxembourg

Milly's Story by Milly Thill

"Milly's Story" is a testimony of the author's personal experiences as a 10-15 year old girl during the Nazi occupation of Luxembourg in the Second World War. Her vibrant, authentic chronicles, especially the episodes of the Liberation by U.S. troops and life with American soldiers, such as Christmas Eve 1944, are moving and thrilling accounts based on historical context. "The Young Girl's Memories of the Second World War" is dedicated to all the U.S. soldiers who fought in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg for the liberty of her nation. It is also dedicated to the numerous descendants of those who migrated from Luxembourg to the United States, especially in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois.

My Thoughts:

To be honest, I didn't know that Luxembourg was a country.  I thought is was a city in Britain.  Once again, I'm learning geography.  

I loved this book because it gives yet another perspective of WWII.  I have often wondered what the war was like for the non-Jewish people.  How did so many of them go along with the genocide?  I have learned that they didn't know the magnitude of what was happening in the concentration camps.  This book reads like a diary of a young girl who was not Jewish, but lived during a Nazi Occupation of her country.  I now better understand the hardships they endured and I have better sympathy for them too.

I especially enjoyed getting to know the country of Luxembourg and would love to visit there someday.  I would not have realized that without having read this book.

My Ratings:

Well written:  Yes

Easy to follow:  Yes

Held my attention:  Yes

Would I recommend this to a friend:  Yes
Did it represent the country: Yes

Content:

Sexual Content: No

Violence: WWII

Genre: Memoir

Pages: 216