The Legacy of the War Children – the Last Voices of Resistance. “The family of Count Stauffenberg will be wiped out to the last member.” This is how Heinrich Himmler announced in 1944 how the Nazi regime would respond to the failed assassination attempt on Hitler on July 20: with relentless vengeance. Not only were two hundred conspirators executed, but their families were also to suffer and be made to disappear. The children were torn from their parents, abducted, and placed in homes – they would grow up without their father or mother. Eighty years later, bestselling author Tim Pröse visited, accompanied, and listened to these sons and daughters of the resistance against Hitler. What memories from that time have shaped them? How did they find their way through this zero hour, which did not even grant them and the murdered mothers and fathers a gravestone as a place of mourning? What legacy have they inherited from their brave parents? What message do they have for future generations in a time when democracy in Germany is once again facing the hostility of war, dictators, and radical forces? “I will see him again.” This is how Berthold Schenk Count von Stauffenberg remembers his father, whom he saw for the last time as a boy. He and many other sons and daughters of the resistance fighters of July 20 bring their memories, ideals, and hopes to life in Tim Pröse's compelling portraits. Features: includes a photo section and images in the book.