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Sorrow's Gate
Totally deceived by the Nazi lies, two high-society, teenage girls, thinking an unplanned pregnancy is a desperate situation, blunder into the Warsaw Jewish Ghetto on the advice of a fast-talking boyfriend, who is a guard at the gate. Their plans for a quick trip to the doctor disintegrate when the boyfriend is executed for conspiracy. As they try to leave the ghetto, the pregnant girl is mowed down. The other is rescued by the leader of the Jewish resistance, Lendl.
Lendl changes the girl’s name to Hannah and initially tries to help her escape. When those plans fail and she is injured, they slowly learn to trust and depend on each other. The horrors of life in the ghetto, which are unbelievable even as she watches with her own eyes, leave their imprint on Hannah’s soul. She must decide whether to try to escape again or stay and help the people and man she has grown to love.
She doesn't have much time to decide because the Nazis are coming to burn the ghetto to the ground and the traitors on their own side are sabotaging every effort. Will they survive the most daring escape attempt ever, during the height of the Jewish uprising in the ghetto?
Sorrow’s Gate is a touching love story set in one of the darkest chapters of recent human history.
Lendl changes the girl’s name to Hannah and initially tries to help her escape. When those plans fail and she is injured, they slowly learn to trust and depend on each other. The horrors of life in the ghetto, which are unbelievable even as she watches with her own eyes, leave their imprint on Hannah’s soul. She must decide whether to try to escape again or stay and help the people and man she has grown to love.
She doesn't have much time to decide because the Nazis are coming to burn the ghetto to the ground and the traitors on their own side are sabotaging every effort. Will they survive the most daring escape attempt ever, during the height of the Jewish uprising in the ghetto?
Sorrow’s Gate is a touching love story set in one of the darkest chapters of recent human history.
255 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 22, 2014
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May 31, 2019
Captivating and brutally honest!
This action-packed book truly captures the violence and horror of ghetto life during the holocaust, the impact of fear and oppression on people, and most notably, the extreme courage of those who resisted. The primary perspective is unique and very interesting, that of a German girl who finds herself trapped in a Jewish ghetto, changing her life from one of privilege to unspeakable evil and suffering. Through various poignant and action -packed experiences, we see her evolve from a naive, sheltered, somewhat self-entitled youngster to a worldly, courageous, independent young woman. Initially, she found herself in unfamiliar, dire circumstances; later she stays by choice, even at risk to her life. It's a story that's both great and sobering, thought-provoking and sentimental. It will shock you, disgust you, at times make you smile, and leave you feeling relieved and contemplative. You won't soon forget the experience, or the message of remembrance it brings.
This action-packed book truly captures the violence and horror of ghetto life during the holocaust, the impact of fear and oppression on people, and most notably, the extreme courage of those who resisted. The primary perspective is unique and very interesting, that of a German girl who finds herself trapped in a Jewish ghetto, changing her life from one of privilege to unspeakable evil and suffering. Through various poignant and action -packed experiences, we see her evolve from a naive, sheltered, somewhat self-entitled youngster to a worldly, courageous, independent young woman. Initially, she found herself in unfamiliar, dire circumstances; later she stays by choice, even at risk to her life. It's a story that's both great and sobering, thought-provoking and sentimental. It will shock you, disgust you, at times make you smile, and leave you feeling relieved and contemplative. You won't soon forget the experience, or the message of remembrance it brings.
April 30, 2019
Extremely well written.
Although a fictional account, this makes it seem like you are there. I have read many books on this subject, that were not fictional, and this book holds true to what I have read.
Although a fictional account, this makes it seem like you are there. I have read many books on this subject, that were not fictional, and this book holds true to what I have read.
May 7, 2019
A Twist on the Nazi horrors
Well researched and written novel, taking place in Jewish getto in Poland, Inhabitants become real identified persons, there day struggles,between Jewish authority, Nazi authority and the fight for survival in terrible times.
Well researched and written novel, taking place in Jewish getto in Poland, Inhabitants become real identified persons, there day struggles,between Jewish authority, Nazi authority and the fight for survival in terrible times.
August 22, 2017
Not too shabby!
Some errors in the book, but overall nicely written! Sort of a disappointing ending, while also being a happy ending.
Some errors in the book, but overall nicely written! Sort of a disappointing ending, while also being a happy ending.
October 19, 2016
Never Forget
I would recommend this book. With genocide still happening around the world, it makes think about the people around me. Who would be the sheep and who would fight the war.
I would recommend this book. With genocide still happening around the world, it makes think about the people around me. Who would be the sheep and who would fight the war.
February 8, 2015
This WWII book is set in the Polish ghetto. Two gentile girls enter the forbidden Jewish area to get an abortion. When their contact is killed, they find themselves stuck in a hell they never wanted. One dies, the other must figure out how to survive the atrocities of desperate people on the inside, and heartless brutality on the outside. Stuck in the middle, Katarina finds refuge with Lendl, who despises her at first, but then comes to see her kindness and courage and tries to recruit her to his side. As she is torn apart by the things she witnesses, she chooses her path, though it will be fraught with hunger, pain, and misery. This book shows the brutality of the Nazi regime in Poland and the atrocities that took place in the Warsaw ghetto as it follows Lendl and Katarina through several harrowing months on the inside of the ghetto as they forage for food and work hard to survive…and hope to escape.
April 26, 2017
A harrowing read. 3 1/2 stars.
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