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)

This story is about "real witches" - who dress in ordinary clothes, look like ordinary women, but loathe all children. The seven-year-old hero and his grandmother are pitted against them at a witches convention, at which the witches are plotting to exterminate every child in England.

Meet a hero, a wise old grandmother, and the most gruesome, grotesque gang of witches imaginable!

A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.

This story is about "real witches" - who dress in ordinary clothes, look like ordinary women, but loathe all children. The seven-year-old hero and his grandmother are pitted against them at a witches convention, at which the witches are plotting to exterminate every child in England.

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。

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。