From the Ashes Quotes

“SMAD”
― Marion Kummerow, From the Ashes

“conciliatory”
― Marion Kummerow, From the Ashes

“What was more non-communist than the political elites driving by car, while the highly praised workers had to use public transport? Didn’t his colleagues notice the irony of it all? Didn’t anybody question whether all these spoils and privileges were compatible with Marx’s theories?”
― Marion Kummerow, From the Ashes

“He had no option but to trust Harris, since he’d gambled his life on the premise that an American promise had more substance than a Russian one.”
― Marion Kummerow, From the Ashes

“It truly was a win-win situation.”
― Marion Kummerow, From the Ashes

“Werner was flummoxed. He might have a way with words, but understanding a woman was way beyond his capabilities. Shaking his head, he returned to his desk, wondering what he’d done wrong.”
― Marion Kummerow, From the Ashes

“she jokingly said that she could sleep all she wanted once she was dead.”
― Marion Kummerow, From the Ashes

“some days he felt so disheartened. Deceived even. His aspirations for a democratic socialist rule in Germany, as touted by Stalin and his followers, had turned out to be nothing but illusions. Communism has let you down. He quickly shook his head. Traitorous thoughts like this transported a person to a gulag faster than he could blink.”
― Marion Kummerow, From the Ashes

“A flash of anger ripped through Marlene’s body. Her mother would gladly exchange Marlene’s life for the life of one of her sons, since she was just a girl.”
― Marion Kummerow, From the Ashes