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Reviewed by Emma Crowley  Berlin, 1944. Edith Falkenstein weeps with joy when the crowds of brave women protesting on Rosenstrasse manage t...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley 1943. Fleeing Germany had been Edith Falkenstein and her Jewish husband Julius’s last hope, selling their remainin...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley Berlin, 1939. Edith Falkenstein once lived a fairytale life. Falling in love with Julius introduced her to a world...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley  When shy, beautiful Edith first met Jewish-born Julius it was love at first sight. Julius swept her off her feet, ...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley  After a bombing led to her identity being mistaken, Margarete Rosenbaum has been living disguised as one of the Na...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley “If you ever get lost, Jacob, you need to stay where you are and wait, because I’ll come looking for you. And I’ll ...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley Margarete lives as Annegret Huber would have, in a beautiful rural mansion by a forest in northern Germany. She is ...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley 1942, Germany: When a young woman calling herself Annegret Huber unexpectedly inherits a huge fortune, including a...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley Berlin, 1941: Margarete Rosenbaum is working as a housemaid for a senior Nazi officer when his house is bombed, lea...

Reviewed by Emma Crowley All they had left was each other. Until the Nazis tore them apart. After years of hiding from the Nazis, Rachel Eps...