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There is no middle ground.
. . .
March 12, 1938, is a dark day. Hitler’s evil sweeps across
Austria, destroying all in its path. Although violinist Elisa
Lindheim is safe in Czechoslovakia—for the moment—she
grieves over her beloved Vienna. Swastika flags now wave from
every window. Jewish shops are destroyed. Neighbors’ houses
stand empty. The Jews and those who try to defend them are arrested
or killed.
The clock is running out for those the Nazis consider enemies
of the state, such as journalist Walter Kronenberger and his five-year-old
son, Charles. If Elisa agrees to help Charles and his twin brother,
Louis, she could become useless to the Jewish Underground. Yet
how can she stand by and watch two children fall into the clutches
of the Nazis?
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