Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States.

“When this book was first published it received some attention from the critics but none at all from the public. Nazism was finished in the bunker in Berlin and its death warrant signed on the bench at Nuremberg.” That’s Milton Mayer, writing in a foreword to the 1966 edition of They Thought They Were Free. He’s right about the critics: the book was a finalist for the National...(展开全部)

“When this book was first published it received some attention from the critics but none at all from the public. Nazism was finished in the bunker in Berlin and its death warrant signed on the bench at Nuremberg.” That’s Milton Mayer, writing in a foreword to the 1966 edition of They Thought They Were Free. He’s right about the critics: the book was a finalist for the National...(展开全部)

"Among the many books written on Germany after the collapse of Hitler's Thousand Year Reich, this book by Milton Mayer is one of the most readable and most enlightening."--Hans Kohn, "New York Times Book Review " "It is a fascinating story and a deeply moving one. And it is a story that should make people pause and think--think not only about the Germans, but also about themse...(展开全部)

“A gripping and beautiful book about the power of love in the face of unimaginable loss.” --Cheryl Strayed For readers of The Bright Hour and When Breath Becomes Air, a moving, transcendent memoir of loss and a stunning exploration of marriage in the wake of unimaginable grief. As the book opens: two-year-old Greta Greene is sitting with her grandmother on a park bench on the U...(展开全部)

“A gripping and beautiful book about the power of love in the face of unimaginable loss.” --Cheryl Strayed For readers of The Bright Hour and When Breath Becomes Air, a moving, transcendent memoir of loss and a stunning exploration of marriage in the wake of unimaginable grief. As the book opens: two-year-old Greta Greene is sitting with her grandmother on a park bench on the U...(展开全部)

著名电影导演，与法斯宾德、施隆多夫和赫尔措格并称为“德国新电影四杰”，是20世纪70年代“新德国电影运动”（New German Cinema） 的代表人物之一。 文德斯 1945年出生于德国杜塞尔多夫，1963-1965年在慕尼黑大学学习医学及哲学专业，1966年投考巴黎高等电影学院失败，用一年时间在巴黎电影资料馆观摩大量影片自学成才。1970年代，受当时美国公路电影的启发，以及出于少年时对西部片的喜爱，文德斯开始拍摄属于自己的欧洲式的公路电影，并由此奠定了他日后的创作方向，开始了他在光影世界里的漫漫流浪。在他的著名电影作品《德州巴黎》、《美国朋友》、《柏林苍穹下》、《直到世界末日》……中，流浪与疏离成为永远的主角，文德斯也借由这两个元素在银幕上创造出一个个充满诗意与虚空感的世界，赢得了评论家和观众们的喜爱，并多次荣获戛纳、柏林、威尼斯等国际电影节...(展开全部)

摄影师张晓说：这是个并不真实的世界，我喜欢他们。他们在某个时刻的状态已经超越了现实的自己，像是在梦游。我拍照片时很少和他们对话，只是眼神的交流，更多的时候是迅速按下快门，快门声伴随着刺眼的闪光灯直射过去，他们这才如梦初醒地诧异地看着我，等他们回过神来，我已经匆匆离开。因为他们的眼神很多是我所不敢面对的。我像是在逃避，正如逃避镜子中的我自己。