A totally enthralling novel of bravery, love, friendship, loyalty betrayal and unimaginable lived terror, based on true events from the years preceding the Second World War. The narrative, told in parallel accounts by two of its main characters, the writer Ernst Toller and the literature scholar Ruth Wesemann, reveal the extreme bravery of the exiled German resistance movement in 1930s Britain and the fates of those who risked their lives during the rise of fascism. I can’t recommend this book highly enough.

Jag hade ingen aning om hur svårt livet var för dem som flydde från nazityskland under 1930- talet. Boken ger en viktig beskrivning av livsvillkoren för dessa flyktingar. Dessutom väcker den många känslor, den skildrar hopp, förtvivlan, kamratskap och kärlek. Kan varmt rekommendera boken.