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"Tilli's Story": Life after East Germany

By Susan Stephens

Belvidere, IL – A Boone County woman has a story that's attracting a lot of attention. Tilli Schulze grew up in a tiny village in northern Germany, under Nazi and Communist regimes. She wrote a book called "Tilli's Story: My Thoughts Are Free." Now the second edition of her book is out, AND she has a movie deal. WNIJ's Susan Stephens spoke with Schulze and her co-author Lorna Collier.