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A review by micasreads
The Girls of the Glimmer Factory by Jennifer Coburn
4.0
Hannah and Hilde are childhood friends who grew up with completely different lives. Hannah is Jewish and forced to live in the Theresienstadt ghetto while Hilde is a member of the Third Reich. Hilde wants to create propoganda films that make it appear that the Jewish people living in the ghetto are leading lives of leisure, which is far from the truth. When Hilde finally learns the truth of what going east holds, she tries to save Hannah, who finally sees Hilde for what she is.
Hannah was a memorable character who had to be forced to do brave things. Only when she saw the importance of what the Resistance was doing did she see a point in fighting back. The biggest question I am left with is how did Hilde not know what the Reich was doing? I understand she was self-centered, but she was around some of the regime hierarchy all the time, and I'm sure it had been discussed. This story was told in one timeline, which is different for historical fiction, but we do get a glimpse of the current time right at the end.
Hannah was a memorable character who had to be forced to do brave things. Only when she saw the importance of what the Resistance was doing did she see a point in fighting back. The biggest question I am left with is how did Hilde not know what the Reich was doing? I understand she was self-centered, but she was around some of the regime hierarchy all the time, and I'm sure it had been discussed. This story was told in one timeline, which is different for historical fiction, but we do get a glimpse of the current time right at the end.