As the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945, an unnamed woman keeps a diary. She is a patriotic journalist with international credentials in her early thirties, and her writer husband, Gerd, is an officer on the Russian front. She speaks Russian and keeps herself safe for a few days after the invasion, but then the rapes begin. She resolves to take control of her destiny.
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As the Russians invade Berlin in the spring of 1945, an unnamed woman keeps a diary. She is a patriotic journalist with international credentials in her early thirties, and her writer husband, Gerd, is an officer on the Russian front. She speaks Russian and keeps herself safe for a few days after the invasion, but then the rapes begin. She resolves to take control of her destiny.
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