Those Who Save Us
of Jenna Blum (Goodreads Author)
Description
For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberated by an American soldier and went to live with him in Minnesota. Trudy's sole evidence of the past is an old photograph: a family portrait showing Anna, Trudy, and a Nazi officer, the Obersturmfuhrer of Buchenwald.Driven by the guilt of her heritage, Trudy, now a professor of German history, begins investigating the past and finally unearths the dramatic and heartbreaking truth of her mother's life.Combining a passionate, doomed love story, a vivid evocation of life during the war, and a poignant mother/daughter drama, Those Who Save Us is a profound exploration of what we endure to survive and the legacy of shame.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 479 pages
- Publisher Harcourt Books
- Publication Date May 2nd 2005
- First Publication 04/05/04
- Language English
- ISBN 9780156031660
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
- Scenario ['Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)', 'Weimar (Germany)']
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