Tilli's Story : My Thoughts Are Free

"Bang! Crash! It's the middle of the night and bombs are exploding, closer than ever before. My mother lies in bed beside me, frozen as I am frozen. We have no bomb shelter, no basement, nowhere to hide. I start to pray: 'I am sweet and pure and my heart belongs to Jesus alone.' I hope that Jesus, somewhere, is listening." Tilli Horn is a little girl in a tiny farming village in eastern Germany when World War II begins. She grows up with Nazi propaganda, secret police, bombings. After the war, Russians occupy Tilli's village, raping and looting, forcing Tilli and other girls into months of hiding in a dark attic crawlspace. Stalin's harsh Communist rule fuels even further Tilli's thirst for freedom, leading to her thrilling solo escape. Tilli's Story is an inspiring memoir of a child's life under two dictators and a moving testament to the power of freedom.