Those Who Save Us

World War II Germany -- how did it happen? Where there that many who did not care? How could civilized people allow something like that to happen in their cities, to their friends, right next to where they lived? What is the power of a mother's love or the sense of responsibility or survival or protection. What would you do to save your child?

Powerful questions in the face of horror. Would I risk the life of my child to save neighbor? Do I shield the ugliness by not believing? How do I forgive myself? How do I live with the pain, guilt, shame?

History is often told through events by men. What about the feelings of people? What about the spirit and the hearts of those in the home- told by mothers?

A professor of German history at the University of Minnesota is trying to understand her mother, her country, the people of her county. This fictional story takes you into the anger, the sorrow and the shame of living in a small town in Germany through the years of the war. The sights and sounds are not easy to read. But should they be? Should we forget? Should we forgive?

This is an adult book with adult themes and descriptions. It is a powerful and moving book. Least we forget........