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For 50 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.

New York Times best-selling author Jenna Blum has scored critical and commercial success with her novels Those Who Save Us and The Stormchasers. One of Oprah’s Top Thirty Women’s Writers, Blum has also taught creative writing at Boston University and master novel workshops for Grub Street Writers. Here Blum shares insights into the writing process and offers listeners the most important aspects of succeeding as an author.

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.

Een ontroerend, indrukwekkend verhaal over de gevolgen van de Tweede Wereldoorlog voor een overlever. De Duits-Joodse Peter Rashkin heeft de concentratiekampen van de Tweede Wereldoorlog overleefd, maar verloor er zijn hele familie. Na de oorlog ontvlucht hij Europa en probeert hij in Amerika een nieuw leven op te bouwen. Hij trouwt en krijgt met zijn vrouw June een dochter, maar onder de oppervlakte van zijn geslaagde nieuwe leven sluimeren de herinneringen aan alles wat hij moest achterlaten.