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Those Who Save Us

(2004)
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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 Obersturnfuhrer 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. Those Who Save Us is a stunning debut - a passionate, doomed love story, a vivid evocation of life during World War II, and a deeply moving mother/daughter drama.

Genre: Historical

Praise for this book

"A distinguished and moving book - beautifully written." - Stevie Davies

"I was much impressed. A powerful evocation of terrible events, moving and persuasive. A remarkable first novel, with memorable characters." - Penelope Lively


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