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Description

It is August 1944 and the Gestapo is mercilessly rounding up suspected enemies of the Third Reich. When Joseph Engel, a German physicist working on the atomic bomb, finds that he is actually a Jew, adopted by Christian parents, he must flee for his life to neutral Switzerland. Gabi... read more

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Cast of Characters/Important People

  • Gabi Mueller: the twenty-four-year old daughter of an American father and Swiss mother working in the translation pool at the Basel office of the OSS.
  • Ernest Mueller: Gabi's father
  • Thea Mueller: Gabi's Mother
  • Eric hofstadler: A swiss dairy farmer in his mid-twenties
  • Jean-Pierre: A Swiss in his twenties who participates in underground activities in Germany and Switzerland
  • Allen Dulles: An American spymast who is in charge of the OSS bureau
  • Dieter Baumann: ( Gabi's Boss ) A Swiss in his late twenties who's working for the Americans at the OSS office in Basel
  • Sturmbannfuhrer Bruno Kassler: Head of the Gestapo Regional Headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany where he established a reputation as a fierce hunter of Jews.

First Sentence

He hoped his accent wouldn't give him away.

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  1. Tricia Goyer (Author)
 

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