Berlin, spring 1948. Teenage cousins Erich and Katarina are just trying to survive in a city still devastated by World War 2 when the Soviets blockade the city isolating its citizens--and starving them--behind the Iron Curtain. But the Americans have food, so Erich sneaks inside a U.S. cargo plane...where he is caught by a sympathetic American sergeant who tries to befriend him. Though Erich has plenty of reasons to resent this man, in the end he must decide--should he cling to bitterness or learn to forgive?

Berlin, August 1961. Sabine lives in a cramped apartment with her grandmother, mother, and older half-brother, Erich, in East Berlin where neighbors spy on each other, books are forbidden, and sometimes people disappear in the middle of the night to the west. When Sabine discovers a forgotten underground bunker, she first uses it to escape her crowded home. After the Soviets build a barrier through the middle of Berlin, Sabine thinks of a new use for the Bunker. Could it take her family under the Wall to freedom? Or are their lives in more danger than ever?"

En este libro encontrara relatos sobre personas incredulas junto con sugerencias para practicar respuestas a preguntas complicadas. De modo que animese y exponga sus argumentos frente a los que no creen

When nurse Hanne Abrahamsen impulsively shields Steffen Petersen from a nosy Gestapo agent, she's convinced the Lutheran pastor is involved in the Danish Underground. Nothing could be further from the truth. But truth is hard to come by in the fall of 1943, when Copenhagen is placed under Martial Law and Denmark's Jews--including Hanne--suddenly face deportation to the Nazi prison camp at Terezin, Czechoslovakia. Days darken and danger mounts. Steffen's faith deepens as he takes greater risks to protect Hanne. But are either of them willing to pay the ultimate price for their love?

Auf der Suche nach einer Heimat in einer Welt unter dem Schatten des Krieges: 1947: Dov Zalinski ist 13 Jahre alt und hat das Warschauer Getto überlebt. Nichts ist ihm geblieben in den Ruinen des 2. Weltkriegs außer dem Versprechen, das ihm seine Mutter gab, als sie ihn Jahre zuvor im Warschauer Waisenhaus zurückließ: Ich komme wieder, um dich zu holen, und zusammen gehen wir nach Jerusalem. In der Hoffnung, dass seine Familie die Todeslager der Nazis überlebt hat, schlägt er sich nach Palästina durch. Mitten hinein in ein Pulverfass, in dem sich auch Emily Parkinson, die britische...

Cut off by the Iron Curtain

This epic tale extends across generations and unfolds against the backdrop of a dangerous Cold War Berlin. This historically accurate, action-packed, three-books-in-one edition features three generations of resourceful teens living in the shadow of the Berlin Wall.

Titles include:

Candy Bombers In spring 1948, teenage cousins Erich and Katarina are simply trying to survive in war-ravaged Berlin when the Soviets blockade the east side of the city, isolating its citizens--and starving them--behind the Iron...