I was so pleased to get this great Amazon (USA) review of Interrogating Ellie.

A unique look at the Nazi home front during the second world war – meticulously researched and beautifully written. This is a gripping book that will keep you at the edge of your seat from beginning to end. The turns and twists are so amazing that at one point I stopped to say to myself – it has to be a true story – no author could invent something as incredible as this. And, indeed, it is. Written by the son of the heroine and investigated meticulously by her daughter. Other than an amazing story of survival at war as a woman, with all the troubles that befell the heroine because she was a woman, this is an interesting look into the Nazi home front. I have read a lot of books about the Second World War and the Holocaust. There are very few that describe the war from the Nazi home front perspective. This book is unique because it is about a British national who spent the whole war in Nazi occupied Austria in constant fear for her life and under the radar. Because she was a foreigner, she was able to see Nazi society and answer questions like “Did they know the atrocities that were committed in their name?”, “Did they care?”. Other than the Nazis, the other “villains” are the Russians and the British, who, at the end of the war refused to let the heroine back into her country because of her so called “bad character”. In this sense, the book can be seen as her defense, researched and written by her children. Definitely recommended!

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