It is the early months of 1944 and with the looming spectre of a nazi occupation of Hungary imminent members of the Jewish community in Budapest are faced with the horrific prospect of losing everything including their lives. Aron Kaszas realises that the only option for him and his family is to disappear and in the few weeks they have left before the Germans arrive they make preparations to go into hiding. Thereafter follows a story of a desperate fight-back against overwhelming odds, horrific loss, discovery and escape. As Hitler’s dream of a thousand year Reich begins to crumble the nazis become increasingly desperate to destroy all remaining evidence of the Jewish race across Europe. Will Arons family manage to survive the final months of the war as the Nazi brutality increases?
Geoff Baldwin spent 37 years in the IT Industry until his retirement in 2010 after which he studied law with the Open University.
Geoff was inspired to write 'Flee from the Shadows' after having read extensively on the horrors perpetrated by the nazis against the Hungarian Jews when the country was occupied in 1944.
His second novel 'My Sister Forever', published in early 2017 focused on the trauma experienced by a woman living in a house haunted by it's past.
Part 1 of his third 'The Dubious Exploits of a Digital Traveller' is a light-hearted look at the experiences of growing up in the 1960's. He hopes to complete Part 2 in early 2022.
Geoff lives in the village of Liss, East Hampshire.