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Someplace in Germany is the sequel to the acclaimed Nowhere in Africa, which was converted into the Oscar-winning film of the same name. This book traces the come back of the Redlich family to Germany after their nine-year exile in Kenya during World War II. In Africa, Walter possessed longed for his homeland and dreamed of rebuilding his life as a lawyer, yet ultimately he and his family - better half Jettel, little girl Regina, and baby Potential - recognize that Germany seems as incredible and unwelcoming to them in 1947 as Kenya possessed looked like in 1938. Craving for food and desperation are omnipresent in bombed-out Frankfurt, which Jewish family - especially Regina, who misses Africa the most - has a hard time adjusting with their new circumstances. Yet slowly and gradually the family adapts with their new home amidst the ruins. In Frankfurt, Regina matures into a female and, though her parents want her to marry an upstanding Jewish man, her love life progresses in its own idiosyncratic fashion. She builds up a enthusiasm for art work and journalism and begins her professional career at a Frankfurt paper. Walter finally finds professional success as a lawyer, but never quite adjusts to life in Frankfurt, recalling with nostalgia his child years in Upper Silesia and his years in Africa. Only his boy Max truly detects what Walter had envisioned: A new homeland in Germany. Although the Redlichs get kindness from strangers, in addition they learn anti-Semitism still prevails in post-Nazi Germany. They partake in the Western world German "economic miracle" with the own home, a second-hand car, and the breakthrough of tv set, but young Max's breakthrough of the Holocaust revives long-buried remembrances. Abundant with memorable occasions and heroes, this book portrays the reality of postwar German contemporary society in brilliant and candid fine detail.
