This book dealt with the immediate postwar period in Austria. Here's Amazon's description:<
It is 1945 and a group of American soldiers liberate a Nazi concentration camp. Helene is the abandoned wife of an SS guard who has fled to avoid arrest. Overcome by guilt, she begins to help meet the needs of survivors. Throughout the process, she finds her own liberation - from spiritual bondage, sin, and guilt. Readers will be intrigued and touched by this fascinating story of love, faithfulness, and courage amidst one of the darkest chapters of mankind's history.
I found Helene's story compelling and the book served to remind me of a perspective that's often ignored - that of the people terrified into supporting the Nazi regime, even though their real sympathies lay elsewhere. I'd give this book 3.5 stars - while I enjoyed it, I'm not in the least tempted to read the others in the series.
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