Resi: Who needs Ribisel anyway? - Paperback

by Pia Varjas (Author)

Hungary 1946: After losing her fiancé in the war, young Resi Varjas struggles to build a modest life in the village. But when rumors spread that all Danube Swabians are to be expropriated and expelled, her world collapses overnight. With only a few belongings, Resi and her family are forced onto a transport bound for Germany, a country they have never seen. Their journey ends in Karlsruhe, a devastated city struggling with shortages, ruins, and the presence of Allied forces. Amid hardship, uncertainty, and unexpected encounters, Resi must find the courage to begin again. As she fights for dignity, belonging, and a future of her own, she discovers strengths she never knew she possessed. A sweeping, deeply human story about loss, resilience, and the fate of the Danube Swabians, and one young woman's determination to survive.