''For Such a Time'' is the 2014 debut novel by
Kate Breslin.
The novel was considered controversial because of its subject matter of a
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
woman falling in love with the head of a
Nazi
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concentration camp
Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects". Thus, while it can simp ...
during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
and then converting to Christianity.
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Plot
In 1944, a blue-eyed, blonde Jewish woman, Hadassah Benjaminm, is saved from a firing squad and forced into service by Colonel Aric von Schmidt of the SS. At a military camp
A military camp or bivouac is a semi-permanent military base, for the lodging of an army. Camps are erected when a military force travels away from a major installation or fort during training or military operations, operations, and often have t ...
in Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
, Hadassah hides behind a false identity in order to survive as Colonel Aric’s secretary.
References
External links
Baker Publishing Group
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2014 American novels
American romance novels
Christian novels
English-language novels
Novels set during World War II
2014 debut novels
Historical romance novels
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