A Reluctant Citizen: Making a life in German-occupied Memel and Lithuania 1932-1940 - Paperback

by Ruta Pempe Sevo (Editor), John Winglap (Author)

A young teacher navigates the politics of a territory continually "annexed: " Memel/Klaipeda.A raw, short account of what happened to a serious teacher of physical education when the Germans took over Memel and parts of Lithuania in 1939. He struggles with his multicultural identity in face of life-threatening politics, and continually weighs his convictions in choosing citizenship and jobs.The story is a fictionalized memoir written in the third person.