The early years -- School days -- War clouds -- Childhood ends -- The move to Dedinye -- Life in Dedinye -- Adolescence ends -- War comes to Belgrade -- The destruction of Belgrade -- Invasion -- Occupation -- Jovan -- Kolya -- Roach Manor -- Farewell, my Belgrade -- Maria and Rosa -- Hans von Staate -- The labor camps -- Brutality and murder -- The price of liberation -- Blankenburg am Harz -- Hamburg -- Frankfurt -- The end of the beginning
Summary
Wealth and family privilege are no match for the brutal forward march of two armies intent on eliminating each other. As a teenager, Anastasia Saporito discovered just that truth as she and her family found themselves exiled, vulnerable, and no longer able to call on their societal standing and accumulated riches as the Soviet and German armies converged during World War II. Saporito recounts in vivid detail the difficulties of her childhood as the daughter of White Russian aristocrats forced to flee their native Russia for refuge in Yugoslavia. In Ancient Furies
