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Those Who Save Us

Written by: Jenna Blum
Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
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Trudy, a college history professor, is collecting oral histories from World War II survivors (both German and Jewish). Her mother, Anna, refuses to talk to her, but Anna's story is revealed in flashback. She conducted an affair with a Jewish baker who was summarily killed. Afterward, Anna caught the eye of a high-ranking Nazi officer. She was coerced into an abusive affair with him, which she went along with in order to ensure her survival - and that of her baby.©2005 Jenna Blum (P)2007 Recorded Books, LLC Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction Sagas
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Critic Reviews

"Blum's spare imagery is nightmarish and intimate, imbuing familiar panoramas of Nazi atrocity with stark new power. This is a poised, hair-raising debut." ( Publishers Weekly)
"An absorbing tale of two women's struggles with the burdens and responsibilities of remembrance." ( The Boston Globe)
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Until some great—some fundamental—sorrow wrenches our very lives in twain.
German Anna (Anshel) Schlemmer and Jew Dr.Maximillian Stern fell in love with each other, thereby, doing honour to human nature. It was annoying, confoundedly annoying that the SS were pushing their inquiries in every direction, likely or unlikely. They kept the Jews in custody as if they were rogues, vagabonds, or kidnappers.
Anna was gentle with those who were less lucky, if not more deserving. She was anxious to throw anyone who might be watching her off the scent. The kind object with which she undertook the task was a full justification of it, but she had been matching herself against an unscrupulous villain (the obersturmführer), who, had he detected the truth, would have practically hesitated at nothing to rid himself of her. It was wrong for a woman to remain with a man who dishonoured her. Yet, she kept him mollified. It was quite evident that she must be extremely careful.

It is the little things that gall us all...

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