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In the wake of the Sudetenland’s cession to Hitler, Nazi propaganda overwhelms Czechoslovakian towns, unraveling the lives of its residents. Pavel Bauer, a proud secular Jew, cannot prevent his affluent family from being betrayed by government, business partners, and neighbors. Their only steadfast ally is Marta, the devoted governess who loves the family and faces her own peril when she discovers the betrayal ordered by Pavel’s friend Ernst. The novel alternates between the wartime drama and a contemporary narrative that gradually reveals the Bauer family’s fate during and after the Holocaust, weaving together themes of family, loyalty, and survival.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Alison Pick
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