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A review by angiebayne
Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman
4.0
Gretchen Mueller is the adored adopted niece of Adolf Hitler. Her father was killed protecting Hitler and has become known as the Socialist Party Martyr. Gretchen and her family have a protected status within Hitler's inner circle. However, things start to unravel as Gretchen comes to realize what is really going on. It starts with protecting a Jew from her SS brother Reinhard and meeting Daniel Cohen and Jewish reporter who says he knows what really happened to her father. Turns out he might not have been a martyr but a murder victim. As Gretchen investigates her father's death she comes to realize just how wrong things are both in her family and with the Nazis. She must make a choice and it will be the hardest choice of her life.
What a different take on Germany prior to WWII. Gretchen may be a fictional character but many of the others in this book were real people and real events. I thought the best part of the book was delving into the psychology of Hitler and the Nazi party. As one of the psychiatrists Gretchen meets says the Nazis are packed with psychopaths and other mental disorders. How else would they have risen so fast on a message of such hatred? It was an interesting read and one that I couldn't put down.
What a different take on Germany prior to WWII. Gretchen may be a fictional character but many of the others in this book were real people and real events. I thought the best part of the book was delving into the psychology of Hitler and the Nazi party. As one of the psychiatrists Gretchen meets says the Nazis are packed with psychopaths and other mental disorders. How else would they have risen so fast on a message of such hatred? It was an interesting read and one that I couldn't put down.