Dimensions
153 x 234 x 19mm
This is the story of an ordinary girl from Germany who became caught up in the Nazi war machine. Louise Fox worked for the Luftwaffe's supreme command in Potsdam, near Berlin, and caught Herman Goering's eye when he awarded her a medal for bravery in the capture of a downed British airman, and was sent to work assisting Goering. As the war intensified on two fronts Louise was transferred back to Potsdam to manage the huge task of securing appropriate ammunition supplies for the Luftwaffe, a job she held for the rest of the war.
She married an airman who three weeks later was killed in action. Louise was posted with her colleagues to the Eastern front and escaped with them all in Hitler's "strategic retreat" ahead of the Red Army. In the last few months of the war she was captured and imprisoned by the Americans. She escaped and began an event-filled 1,000-kilometre hike to the safety of relatives. Life was difficult after the war and Louise entered the black market and was imprisoned. She eventually found a pen pal in Tasmania and much to the amazement of friends migrated there, selling Volkswagens to make a living. She still lives in Australia.
