A young Jewish resistance fighter and a French Christian pastor are imprisoned in the Auschwitz death camp during WWII.
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A young Jewish resistance fighter and a French Christian pastor are imprisoned in the Auschwitz death camp during WWII.
ECPA 2015 Christian Book Award Finalist! 2014 finalist for the Goodreads Choice Awards! Evil, unchecked, is the prelude to genocide. As the Nazi war machine rolls across Europe, young Jacob Weisz is forced to flee his beloved Germany and join an underground resistance group in Belgium. But when a rescue operation goes horribly wrong, Jacob finds himself trapped in a crowded cattle car headed to southern Poland. Sentenced to hard labor in the Auschwitz labor camp, Jacob forms an unlikely alliance...
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Fleeting innocent blushing in a budding romance; no explicit or on-page sexual scenes.
Frequent depictions of concentration camp violence, including executions, beatings, and mass killings, with some graphic horror but not overly gruesome.
No profanity or strong language depicted.
No substance use depicted.
No LGBTQIA+ representation.
Central themes of Christian faith, conversion to Christianity, and a pastor's devotional role in resistance efforts.
No witchcraft or occult elements.
No evidence found in available sources.
Themes of resistance against Nazi oppression, the moral duty to confront evil, and warnings about Holocaust atrocities.
No self-harm or suicide depicted.
Pervasive graphic portrayals of systemic cruelty, torture, forced labor, and suffering in Nazi death camps.
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