Overall, this book provides an excellent teaching tool, as it both humanizes the Cold War and offers a window into East Germany, which was for so long a deeply oppressive and extremely secret society. Moreover, the timeline at the start of the book connects the family’s story to the broader Cold War. Students can read this book as they learn about American and European history from World War II to the present, and the book clearly delineates the major world events. It provides an accessible and readable way to teach students about the events of the Cold War, as well as the human cost of the astoundingly destructive and oppressive regime in East Germany. Forty Autumns captures the experience of the Cold War in East Germany and the United States, told through the eyes of one family.
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