The naked years growing up in Nazi Germany

Object details

Category: Books
Related period: Second World War (content), Interwar (content), 1945-1989 (content), Second World War (content)
Creator: MACKINNON, MARIANNE (Author)
Chatto and Windus (Publisher)
Production date: 1987
Place made: London
Dimensions: whole: Dimensions: 23cm., Pagination: vii, 304p., 8p. of plates ill., ports.
Catalogue number: LBY 87 / 1046

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