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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Sascha : A Story of Love and Survival
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'The author's recollections of her life in Eastern Europe, prior to and during WWII. The memoirs reveal her experience as mistress to the infamous Nazi war criminal, Eduard Roschmann, "The Butcher of Riga", as well as the passionate affair with her true love, Sascha, a Jew. Her life culminates in tragedy, then triumph, as Inge and her young daughter escape to build their new life in Australia.' (Google Books)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Bantam Books , 1991 .
      Extent: viii, 256 p. 22 cmp.
      Description: illus., maps, ports.

Works about this Work

When Every Land Is Home, But Home Penelope Nelson , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 July 1991; (p. rev 4)

— Review of The Gulliver Fortune Peter Corris , 1989 single work novel ; Sascha : A Story of Love and Survival Ingeborg Hesse , 1991 single work autobiography
When Every Land Is Home, But Home Penelope Nelson , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 July 1991; (p. rev 4)

— Review of The Gulliver Fortune Peter Corris , 1989 single work novel ; Sascha : A Story of Love and Survival Ingeborg Hesse , 1991 single work autobiography
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  • Riga,
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    Latvia,
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    Former Soviet Union,
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    Eastern Europe, Europe,
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    Australia,
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  • 1939-1945
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