As the Nazis sweep across Europe, Jewish teen Max and his parents flee German persecution to Holland, where Max finds friends and romance. together? This epic, suspenseful coming of age and war Story is Libby Hellmann\'s tribute to her late father-in-law who was active with the OSS and interrogated dozens of German POWs.
Can they rebuild their lives...
While there, however, he reunites with someone from his past, who, like him, sought refuge abroad.
Max roams familiar yet strange streets, replaying memories of lives lost to unspeakable tragedy.
Though the city avoided large-scale destruction, the Jewish community was decimated.
Post-war, he works for the Americans in the German denazification program, bringing him back to his Bavarian childhood home of Regensburg.
He also interrogates German POWs, especially after D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge, where, despite life-threatening conditions, he elicits critical information about German troop movements.
Deployed to the OSS, Max carries out dangerous missions in Occupied countries.
After basic training he is sent to Camp Ritchie, Maryland, where he is trained in interrogation and counterintelligence.
When he learns of his parents\' murder, Max immediately enlists in the US Army.
But when Hitler invades in 1940, Max escapes to Chicago, leaving his parents and friends behind.
As the Nazis sweep across Europe, Jewish teen Max and his parents flee German persecution to Holland, where Max finds friends and romance
