Life in Hitler's Crosshairs

Download or read book Life in Hitler's Crosshairs written by Constance Krail-self and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-01-20 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Poland and her people, time is running out: Hitler has set his greedy eyes upon the country and he is determined to have her. In a matter of days, Polish communication with the outside world was eliminated, factories and train stations left in ruins, complete cities annihilated, and thousands lay dead in the once vibrant country. Doctors, professors and clergy are slaughtered while thousands of Polish children are sent to Germany to be raised within the Nazi cause. For young Marta Koblinski the German occupation brings personal tragedy prompting her to take up a friend's challenge and join the Polish underground. Her fair features and command of the German language makes her invaluable to the cause. She is soon positioned as an underground spy in the small town of Auschwitz at a newly christened Labor Camp, Hitler's most closely guarded secret. Struggling to maintain her cover while witnessing unimaginable camp horrors, she faces treason and her own imprisonment while working within the prisoners' resistance efforts. As she attempts to smuggle out proof of Nazi brutalities she must also avoid the unwanted advances of her handsome German cousin and fight against her growing affections towards a Nazi colonel. From top-secret meetings in Hitler's Bauhaus retreat, the massacre at Katyn Forest, dangerous escapes, and little known facts, LIFE IN HITLER'S CROSSHAIRS is a work of historical fiction with astounding depth and resonance. It serves as a reminder of the atrocities committed against a nation and a people– and a celebration of the human spirit to overcome adversities.