It’s 1945. The Nazis surrender. Hitler is dead. But, the Third Reich has already left a bloody footprint on the soul of the world. The Margoils family and their friends Lotti and Lev Glassman were torn apart by Hitler’s hatred of the Jewish people. Now that the Reich has fallen, the survivors of the Margolis and Glassman family’s find themselves searching to reconnect with those they love. Lotti …
Lotti Strombeck- Glassman, is a German woman, living in Berlin. She had been a good friend to the Margolis family. Lotti had been married to Lev, a Jewish man, who was taken away by the Gestapo and never seen again. In 1945 the curtain comes down on Hitler. But, Stalin is pushing his army towards Germany’s capital city. There is an angry mob of Russian soldiers who are on their way to punish what’s left of Hitler’s Aryan race. They will take out all of their hatred for the Third Reich on the terrified women left behind in Berlin.
Alina Margolis escapes to America with her lover at the beginning of the war. Although she has been away from Germany, her life has not been easy. Alina is strugglilng to make her way in a foreign land that doesn’t welcome Jews or Jews of German decent.
At ten years old Gilde Margolis , along with a group of other children board a train out of Germany. They are headed for Britain on the Kindertransport. Alone and frightened, Gilde must leave everyone and everything she loves behind. She is taken in by a family in London. However, London is in the throes of war. Bombs rain down on the city. Food, clothing, even bath water is rationed. As air raid sirens blare and buildings are turned to rubble, Gilde Margolis comes of age. She learns to love, to sacrifice, but most of all to survive.
This is a story of ordinary people whose lives were shattered by the terrifying ambitions of Adolf Hitler… a true madman.
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It makes you to cry at times and partake of the sorrows of the protagonists and then with their happiness too… oh what a story…
It requires a bit of manual spell-check and punctuation though…
A great book in the series. Well written and good follow up.
The book draws you into the world the characters inhabit so that you feel their pain and joy.
I enjoy reading about this sad era. I can’t imagine living through the heartbreak and tragedy. I realize it is a work of fiction but it gives a good picture of what the Jews endured. May we never forget the horrendous annihilation of millions of innocent people.
This is one of a series of books about a Jewish family living in pre-Hitler Germany. As Hitler became more and more powerful, the rules that the Margolis family had to live by became more and more strict, until it became impossible to continue life as they have known it. A must read book for anyone who cares to never let the same autrocities to ever happen again.
Was sad and opens up some truth how things were for the people during this tragic time.
excellent author
What a sad tale of a sad time in history but the characters prevailed. Amazing!
I love everything she writes ! Wouldn’t miss one .
Not as good as the first two books, but a good ending for the series
It opens up about the tragedy of history , very informative and a heartfelt read.
Engaging
So good I read the whole series.
Inspirational to read about a woman determined to succeed and stick to her values to promote women’s rights
Read the trilogy and loved it.
Well written and such a sad period in history. Gets you in touch with a horrific dose of reality yet still inspires hope.
Historically accurate as far as I can tell, but poorly written. This author could have used a good editor. It has potential. Will be interesting to those who have an interest in the era, but could have been so much better.
This is a fictional account of what it was like right after Hitler was defeated.
I thought it was very realistic, it certainly opened my eyes as to how hard it was for the German people and the returning Jews.
All this is done amongst a very engaging story. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
It is informative and scary when a person reads about the atrocities that occurred during the war. I’m glad that the word is out there permanently so that it never happens again.
poor writing. didn’t like it