Publisher: Virago. 'This is a devastating book. Everybody, in particular every woman ought to read it' ARUNDHATI ROY'One of the most important personal accounts ever written about the effects of war and defeat' ANTONY BEEVORBetween April 20th and June 22nd 1945 the anonymous author of A Woman in Berlin wrote about life within the falling city as it was sacked by the Russian Army.