Crowns, Crosses, and Stars

Editor’s Note, Richard Libowitz
Part One: They Even Closed the Candy Store
Prologue
Chapter One: September 1914
Chapter Two: Augusta
Chapter Three: Anna
Chapter Four: Father
Chapter Five: My Arrival
Chapter Six: Berlin
Chapter Seven: New Men in My Life
Chapter Eight: The New Pastor
Chapter Nine: Rabble-Rousers
Chapter Ten: The Godfather
Chapter Eleven: The Third Reich Begins
Chapter Twelve: A Pastor’s Growing Doubts
Chapter Thirteen: Nazis on Parade
Chapter Fourteen: Life in the Third Reich
Chapter Fifteen: Royal Sons
Chapter Sixteen: School Days
Chapter Seventeen: Family Choices and Special Neighbors
Chapter Eighteen: Uncle Mirko
Chapter Nineteen: Nazi Actions
Chapter Twenty: A Meeting with the Führer
Chapter Twenty-One: Problems at School and at Home
Chapter Twenty-Two: Uncertain Reactions
Chapter Twenty-Three: Boarding School
Chapter Twenty-Four: My Meeting
Chapter Twenty-Five: Pastor Made Prisoner
Chapter Twenty-Six: Triumphs of the Führer
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Prisoner 569
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Growing Up
Part Two: Destruction Unlimited
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Conspirators
Chapter Thirty: Out of and Into School
Chapter Thirty-One: An Aspiring Actress
Chapter Thirty-Two: A Visit Home
Chapter Thirty-Three: Good-bye to My Godfather
Chapter Thirty-Four: The Incipient Actress
Chapter Thirty-Five: The War Comes Closer to Home
Chapter Thirty-Six: Shortages
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Resistance
Chapter Thirty-Eight: Rescue Efforts
Chapter Thirty-Nine: Danzig
Chapter Forty: The Final Attempt
Chapter Forty-One: Revenge
Chapter Forty-Two: Aftermath
Chapter Forty-Three: More Illegal Activities
Chapter Forty-Four: A New Career
Chapter Forty-Five: Thoughts of Home
Chapter Forty-Six: The Prisoner of Dachau Receives Tragic News
Chapter Forty-Seven: The War Closes In
Chapter Forty-Eight: Last Visit to Dachau
Chapter Forty-Nine: Arabella
Chapter Fifty: Freedom
Chapter Fifty-One: Continuing the Trek
Chapter Fifty-Two: War’s End
Chapter Fifty-Three: The Russians are Coming
Chapter Fifty-Four: With the Americans
Chapter Fifty-Five: Joining the British
Chapter Fifty-Six: British Intelligence
Chapter Fifty-Seven: Return to Berlin
Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Confessing Accuser
Chapter Fifty-Nine: Surviving in Berlin
Chapter Sixty: Help from Many Sources
Chapter Sixty-One: A New Job
Chapter Sixty-Two: The News of My Father
Chapter Sixty-Three: Grandmother
Chapter Sixty-Four: Interlude: Journey into the Unknown—July 1986
Chapter Sixty-Five: New Sorrows, New Jobs
Chapter Sixty-Six: The Airlift
Chapter Sixty-Seven: Cold War
Chapter Sixty-Eight: Discomfort and New Life
Part Three: The Promised Land
Chapter Sixty-Nine: A Test Case
Chapter Seventy: Living in America
Chapter Seventy-One: The New Yorker
Chapter Seventy-Two: The Today Show
Chapter Seventy-Three: In Love Again
Chapter Seventy-Four: Hollywood
Chapter Seventy-Five: Tragedies and Other Events in Europe
Chapter Seventy-Six: Events in America
Chapter Seventy-Seven: Divorce, Despair, Deliverance
Chapter Seventy-Eight: Back to Berlin
Chapter Seventy-Nine: Life with Martin
Chapter Eighty: Under the Rug
Chapter Eighty-One: Married Life
Chapter Eighty-Two: Martin and the World
Chapter Eighty-Three: Life in Germany
Chapter Eighty-Four: Rebellion
Chapter Eighty-Five: Film and Farewell
Chapter Eighty-Six: The Work Is Finished
Chapter Eighty-Seven: East Germany
Chapter Eighty-Eight: New Beginnings
Chapter Eighty-Nine: A New Life
Chapter Ninety: Questions of Faith . . . and Answers
Chapter Ninety-One: Conversion
Epilogue: August 1996
Index