Fire Burn: World War II Diaries

In 1939, while studying Chemical Engineering at the University of Riga in Latvia, Irene Zarina White started a diary. Just two days after she graduated, the Red Army of the Soviet Union invaded Latvia. She and her mother fled to Germany in 1941, where they survived four years of bombing, hunger, and Nazi oppression during World War II.

Irene kept a detailed diary through 1946. She recorded her professional and emotional experiences, political impressions, astounding hardships, and the love and inner strength that helped her survive. This is a fascinating story that sheds light on a dark, but important time in history.