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For Such a Time
For Such a Time
Author: Kate Breslin
Powerful Retelling of the Story of Esther — In 1944, blonde and blue-eyed Jewess Hadassah Benjamin feels abandoned by God when she is saved from a firing squad only to be handed over to a new enemy. Pressed into service by SS-Kommandant Colonel Aric von Schmidt at the transit camp of Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia, she is able to hide behind th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780764211607
ISBN-10: 0764211609
Publication Date: 4/1/2014
Pages: 400
Rating:
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4 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 8
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An interesting and different take on the typical Holocaust story with an inside look into the German side of a Kommandant and his office and life. A Jewish woman is mistaken and the Kommandant takes her into his home as his secretary and through her influence he finds compassion for the people he has been taught to persecute.

From the beginning this book read quickly and I had the hardest time putting it down because I wanted to just know what was going to happen next between the Kommandant, his secretary and the Jewish people in the camp. Although a hefty book in pages, I didn't even realize how long it was until the very end! The twists and turns were throughout and nothing was too far out that felt weird or awkward. I may admit to a few tears at the end!


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