Introduction

In the seaside resort of Heringsdorf, ninety-four-year-old Hermine Voßberg is watching her favorite show about antiques and knickknacks with her son and daughter-in-law. When the appraiser discovers a sterling silver beaker with a cryptic engraving from 1944 in an antique desk, Hermine bursts into tears. Under questioning from her bewildered son, she reveals a secret she’s been carrying for many years. It is the story of Paulina, a Polish resistance fighter, who was desperately searching for her niece in enemy Germany. When the two women met on an isolated compound, they must make a pact against barbarity and despotism.

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Excerpt from Chapter Two
Warsaw, General Governorate, late July 1944

“Make way for a German!”
With those words, the tall, broad-shouldered man shoved Paulina to the curb.
The dainty young woman with the hazel-colored curls stumbled into the street. She almost dropped her basket. As she righted herself, Paulina caught sight of the silver skull on the peak of the man’s cap. He stood on the curb, looking down at her. That’s when she made out the white letters SD for Sicherheitsdienst—the German intelligence agency of the SS on the black patch on the left sleeve of his uniform. ... view entire excerpt...

Discussion Questions

1. What do you imagine when you hear the expression “Fount of Life” (in German Lebensborn)?

2. Why do you think kidnapped the Nazis blond and blue-eyed children in occupied territories like Poland?

3. Do you think history mirrors the eternal fight of good against evil?

4. What do you think – how much courage is required from a single woman in order to save a child from Nazi-Germany in the midst of war?

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