Beloved Enemy

Mark Kretschmann, a native of Fredericksburg, Texas, traveled to Berlin in 1937 to study German literature. What could possibly go wrong? Alone among his family, his grandfather Eugen senses the danger at once and fiercely opposes the journey, warning that Germany is no longer a place for the naïve—or the free.

At first, Berlin was everything...

What begins as a two-year program to obtain a master’s degree in German literature becomes a nightmare. Fleeing Berlin to escape the manipulation of the Nazi state and the unwanted attentions of a wealthy industrialist, Mark is forced to travel the length and breadth of Germany to preserve his freedom. Only the kindness of ordinary Germans—and...

WWII

WWII