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The German Wife: An absolutely gripping and heartbreaking WW2 historical novel, inspired by true events

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Inspired by true events, this is a heart-stopping, unforgettable story of ordinary people fighting for survival in the darkest of times. Fans of Orphan Train, The Tattooist of Auschwitz and My Name is Eva will be utterly gripped by this beautiful, tragic World War Two novel. Germany, 1939: Annaliese is trapped in a loveless marriage. Her husband Hans has become cold and secretive since starting a new job as a doctor at Dachau. Every morning she watches from her kitchen window as he leaves in his car. The sight of him in the dark uniform of the SS sends shivers of fear down her spine and she longs to escape… When a tall, handsome Russian prisoner named Alexander is sent from Dachau to work in their garden, lonely Annaliese finds herself drawn to him as they tend to the plants together. In snatched moments and broken whispers, Alexander tells her the shocking truth about the camp. Horrified, Annaliese vows to do everything she can to save him. But as they grow closer, their feelings for each other put their lives at risk. And Annaliese finds herself in grave danger when she dares to fight for love and freedom… America, 1989: Turning the pages of the newspaper, Annaliese gasps when she recognizes the face of a man she thought she’d never see again. It makes her heart skip a beat as a rush of wartime memories come flooding back to her. As she reads on, she realizes the past is catching up with her. And she must confront a decades-old secret – or risk losing her only son… Readers love The German Wife: ‘Exceptional… gripped me right from the very start… heart-wrenching… so beautifully written with real moments of bravery and hope… heart-breaking… I loved this book and I wish I could reread it again for the first time as it truly is that special. Five stars just isn’t enough.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow… I am sobbing. I loved this book so much… I completely devoured this book and it will stay with me a long time. Absolute 5 stars.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Heart-stopping, unforgettable tale of ordinary people fighting for survival in the darkest of times… kept me glued to my Kindle through the whole book!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Heart-wrenching, extremely sad, and completely gripping WWII story! I was hooked from the first chapter and stayed glued all the way until the end, in one sitting!’ @ink_drinker64, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough and was amazed to realise that I had read the book from beginning to end in less than 24 hours, using up more than its fair share of my desktop tissue box along the way! Amazing… gripping… addictive… wonderful.’ Fiction Books, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Had me gripped… filled with secrets and lies and a devastating love and loss. Wonderful story telling.’ Kraftireader, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Found myself hanging on to every word and every plot twist… an incredibly emotional read… brilliant historical fiction.’ Readsbyem, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Read more

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Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 13, 2022


Language ‏ : ‎ English


File size ‏ : ‎ 2.0 MB


Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported


Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled


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    • good read
Format: Paperback
A good read
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2025 by Amazon Customer
    • Entertaining but OFFENSIVE!
Format: Kindle
Debbie Rix has written a novel that I definitely enjoyed reading and looked forward to continuing each night for a few days. The explanations and motivations of the characters were made clear so the major plot twist was plausible - and in deed intriguing. But Jewish readers such as myself who tend to think beyond the lines might be deeply offended by its glaring omission, and assumptions that are the core of this book. Every scholar or even casual reader of the Holocaust understands that many groups of people were persecuted during Adolf Hitler's reign in Europe. But no group was singled out, chased, excluded, humiliated, tortured, hunted, robbed, and betrayed like the Jewish population was. Ignoring this and going the extra mile to reinforce the victimhood of the other groups is to betray the memory of the 6 million - even in fiction. In the book, the prisoners at Dachau were Communists, Political prisoners, Poles, and Russian POWs What? The writer intentionally leaves out that this prison/death camp was primarily housing Jews and that the prisoners were primarily Jewish. Nowhere in these pages is the reader allowed to understand that Dachau was home to Jews before the Germans could get around to legally murdering them. The maid in the story goes to market, is in the city, regularly runs errands........and never notices how the Jews are being hunted and made extinct during the entire war? She has no idea that the Jews are being evicted and "resettled" while their apartments and homes are liquidated. No mention at all of what is happening to the Jews of Munich during the entire 5 years that this couple is living in the heart of German Jewish misery. The wife walks around all day not knowing that her husband is torturing "subjects", (not Jews) all day at work. She doesn't see the flyers; she has no opinion about the trucks carrying away Jewish furniture, art, musical instruments, jewelry, appliances all day. One day she sees some people being treated badly.. They're not Jews though.... they're just people being treated harshly. The reader is owed a little truth in a novel such as this. The glaring and continual omissions are deeply offensive as the author goes out of her way to include the other persecuted types. The prisoners are never referred to as Jews in this book. The Volkswagon factory workers are not Jewish. The poor souls being experimented on are not Jews. The hundreds of corpses on the train outside are not Jewish. The prisoners about to go on the death march are not Jewish. The corpses in the ovens are not Jewish...... The mother in law wonders why there aren't more "slaves" around to help clear the roads. Announcement to Debbie Rix: The slaves were Jews. Those on the forced death marches were Jews. Those ashes in the ovens were Jewish ashes. The trainloads of dead bodies were Jewish dead bodies. The house that those Germans were living in was probably once a Jewish house. The mother in law's Jewish neighbors were previously arrested, tortured, starved, and deported. All this happened under the watchful eyes of those wonderful, thoughtful, kind, well mannered citizens of Munich: And the lovely, likeable German characters who were portrayed herein. Even Dr. Death is kindly. Please. The opportunity to educate a younger audience about who the Germans really were and how they watched as their neighbors (1 in 7 people were Jewish in Munich in 1938) were mercilessly destroyed is appalling to me. Would have been nice if someone in the story had noticed that by the end of the book the Jews of Germany were, well, gone. I did like the book though. Tell me a story. Make a good ending. Check and Check. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2022 by dennis
    • Abhorring read!
Format: Kindle
This is one of the best books on the the Holocaust I have yet to read! I am of German descent, the more I read the more I can’t understand how the German people could follow such a Sadistic Man such as Hitler! I have so longed to go to Dachau but unable to have the funds to go there. I am so sorry for the mass destruction of so many Beautiful Lives. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2025 by debbie blackburn
    • Definitely a different plot
Format: Kindle
Unique plot. Life was crazy and people found themselves making sometimes immoral choices. Realistic ending. Survival was paramount but humanity being what it is ... Survival doesn't mean no damage lingers in the Soul to thwart a fairy tale ending. And villains are not always eroded by a core made entirely of evil...but by their failure in character to act or to stop evil but instead to choose to contribute to b the horror with reputedly benign intention. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2022 by Edgar Allen Pooh
    • Jean38no
Format: Kindle
This book was a very interesting .as it is about the medical experiments that were performed in Nazi Germany . How they used many prisoners as Guinea pigs. Thinking no more of them then as experimental rats. If they died from whichever experiment was performed on them it didn’t matter because there was a population of thousands of subjects. These people had no say over what happened to their body. I liked the way the author weaved the story of Dr. Vogel as a German scientist who hated what the Nazi’s were doing , but never the less took advantage of. Using the prisoners fort his experiments of malaria. I just didn’t have much sympathy for the SS doctor. I tried their wee so many other options he could have taken . The author kinda made him a hero. It was a good read. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2022 by Jean38no
    • Couldn't put it down
Format: Kindle
I loved this book. I couldn't put it down. Interesting to read a historical fiction about ww2 taking place in Germany.
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2025 by Brigette Nykol
    • The German Wife
Format: Kindle
Ok, initially this book was interesting, but it became more and more absurd as it went on. SPOILER ALERT… I had a hard enough time imagining a husband farming his wife out to another guy to get her pregnant, but when Anna talks of being in love with him and pining for him, it’s just kind of absurd.
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2022 by MistressOfTheCastle
    • A true nail biter
Format: Paperback
I really loved this book. The story is believable, well-written and exciting. I love the writer’s style, very descriptive. At the end I felt like I knew the characters and really felt empathetically toward them. Such a sensitive subject matter, but she brought it right to life. Very well-done!
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2022 by Anne S.

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