Book description
When Peter's parents are killed, he is sent to an orphanage in
Warsaw, Poland. But Peter is Volksdeutscher-of German blood. With his
blond hair and blue eyes, he looks just like the boy on the Hitler
Youth poster. The Nazis decide he is racially valuable. Indeed, a
prominent German family is pleased to adopt such a fine Aryan specimen
into their household. But despite his new "family," Peter
feels like a foreigner-an ausländer-and he is forming his own ideas
about what he sees and what he's told. He doesn't want to be a Nazi.
So he takes a risk-the most dangerous one he could possibly choose in
1942 Berlin. . . .
Paul Dowswell weaves meticulous research into a thrilling narrative,
exposing a different angle of the horrors of Nazi Germany.
An exceptional novel, persuasive in its details, with an utterly
compelling story and powerful message.
PAUL DOWSWELL is a former
researcher and editor who now writes full-time. He has written more
than fifty highly acclaimed books, many of them award winning.
www. pauldowswell. co.
uk
