Download or read book On a Green Twig written by Anna Spencer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a Green Twig is the memoir of Anna Klein Spencer who grew up in Germany during the Depression and World War II. Her lively, richly detailed recollections of rustic life in a Rheinland village provide invaluable perspective about German life before and after Hitler, Nazism and World War II. This personal account tells how a young girl's family life and her community were turned upside down by world events. It offers a lesson in how perseverance and courage can transform tragedy and misfortune into a new lease on life - on a green twig.