Those Who Save Us
 

Those Who Save Us

by Jenna Blum


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.... (read more)

Top tags: holocausthistorical fictionjewishgermanyworld war 2 (all tags)

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  • laura r

    laura r said:

    The story has you believe that Anna does not love the officer but there are times when it seems she does. Despite the situation, does she have feelings for the officer?

    posted Tuesday, June 10 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
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