Kankakee Public Library Podcasts

On February 13, 1945, Ash Wednesday, Allied bombs rained down on the German city of Dresden, burning it mostly to the ground. Among the citizens there that night was a young girl named Christina. Mrs. Christina Saller visited the Library on November 10, 2005 to tell her story of horror and survival on that terrible night. She speaks of a refugee family she tried to save, of the smell of burning bodies, and of days spent hiding in a smoldering attic. The saga runs from her girlhood under Nazism to her eventual escape to post-war America. Her story is the simple yet important tale of a common girl living in uncommon times.