“ … this unforgettable narration is the most efficient exposure of Nazism that has ever come out of the pen of an adult and the memories of a child.”
Andrea Casalegno
Il Sole 24 Ore
“… the intense testimony of Helga Schneider focuses painfully on the intersection between the individual, the national history and the language offering new elements of reflection …”
Anna Chiarloni
La Rivista dei Libri - The New York Review of Books
“To read Schneider's account of a child in waiting as the city exploded overhead is to gain another perspective on the fall of Berlin. ”
Carol Cromie
The New Zealand Listener