Karla published Childhood in Germany During World War II: The story of a little girl, (The Edwin Mellen Press, Lampeter) in 1988. It was entirely based on her memory and pioneered what has become a new genre of literature in Germany. Since then she has researched the topic and found that her memory was remarkably accurate. There are a few technical errors with dates and the order of events but all in all the story is authentic and true.

Below is the Table of Contents. You can read Chapters One, Ten, Nineteen and Twenty-nine online by clicking on the link for each of these chapters. The complete book can be obtained from The Edwin Mellen Press. The price is unbelievably high, so ordering it through a library is probably the best way to read a copy.

They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind ( Hosea 8:7)

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Bombing
Chapter 2 The World Is A Pea
Chapter 3 With Grandmother
Chapter 4 Omi: Reveries
Chapter 5 Mutti: Reveries
Chapter 6 The Periphery
Chapter 7 Foraging
Chapter 8 The Walnut Story
Chapter 9 The Girl And The Doll
Chapter 10 Three Men
Chapter 11 Father
Chapter 12 Letters
Chapter 13 The Trek
Chapter 14 Mother's Limbo
Chapter 15 First Day of School
Chapter 16 Herr Broden
Chapter 17 Judgments
Chapter 18 Benjamin
Chapter 19 Passions
Chapter 20 I Can Sing
Chapter 21 A Friend
Chapter 22 The Street
Chapter 23 The Funeral
Chapter 24 Outings
Chapter 25 Schutzenfest
Chapter 26 Boto
Chapter 27 The Night Of The Lanterns
Chapter 28 The Dawning
Chapter 29 Rebirth