"In the midst of the worse times, love flourishes and endures. Highly recommended read"
Safe Harbor
By: Gerhardt Roberts
Genres: Suspense Historical | Romance Historical
Posted: January 19, 2021
In the Author's Note the author explains that the Jews in Berlin who became part of the underground were known as U-Boats. The story opens in Berlin in 1935 and teenagers Erich and Nessa are in love. One afternoon they discoverer that they have been classified as Jews. They had considered themselves to be German and they attended a Lutheran church. Even though they had the opportunity to immigrate to America, they chose to stay and become U-Boats. They would help as many people as possible to escape the horror of Nazi Germany. SAFE HARBOR is their story.
Skillfully told, the author presents a vivid of the depiction of what incredible heroism and valor look like in a world filled with nightmares and monumental losses. Readers become immersed in the dangers, perils, and destruction. This is a love story set in the worst of times and, yet, somehow it flourishes.
SAFE HARBOR is an important book as it tells a story that should not be forgotten. Highly recommended.
Book Summary
In World War II Berlin, Jews such as Erich Reinhold, who can pass for Aryan, and his sweetheart, Nessa Baumgartner, go underground. In a city where Jewish life is being snuffed out, they soon find themselves in a world of false identification papers and forged ration cards, risking their lives to help others escape to freedom. Safety is a foreign word, danger is everywhere and love is a luxury they can’t afford.
But maybe, in spite of danger and separation, they will find their safe harbor.
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by: Gerhardt Roberts
Roberts Ink
June 1, 2020
On Sale: May 27, 2020
Featuring: Nessa Baumgartner; Erich Reinhold
313 pages
ISBN: 0999439820
EAN: 9780999439821
Kindle: B0899CYQGZ
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