Author: jamesdshipman

A captivating read inspired by true events: After she’s forced to work for the Germans, Irena joins a Polish resistance group — and begins smuggling Jewish children to safety. “Shipman dazzles in this historical tour de force… Spellbinding” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

A former professor descends into darkness in this provocative story of a Nazi soldier torn between duty and conscience.East Prussia, Nazi Germany, 1939. History professor Erik Mueller is a model citizen and a family man. He’s also a decorated sergeant in the Gestapo. Proving his courage on the battlefields of Poland and the Soviet Union, and proud of the German army’s victories across Europe, he … across Europe, he embraces what he thinks is the righteousness of the Third Reich’s cause.But his loyalties are soon tested when he crosses paths with his old university friend Trude Bensheim. Forced into unemployment…