The Kommandant's Girl
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In her luminous and groundbreaking debut, bestselling author Pam Jenoff shows the unimaginable sacrifices one woman must make in a time of war Nineteen-year-old Emma Bau has been married only three weeks when Nazi tanks thunder into her native Poland. Within days Emma's husband, Jacob, is forced to disappear underground, leaving her imprisoned within the city's decrepit, moldering Jewish ghetto. But then, in the dead of night, the resistance smuggles her out. Taken to Krakow to live with Jacob's Catholic aunt, Krysia, Emma takes on a new identity as Anna Lipowski, a gentile.Emma's already precarious situation is complicated by her introduction to Kommandant Richwalder, a high-ranking Nazi official who hires her to work as his assistant. Urged by the resistance to use her position to access details of the Nazi occupation, Emma must compromise her safety—and her marriage vows—in order to help Jacob's cause. As the atrocities of war intensify, Emma must make choices that will force her to risk not only her double life, but also the lives of those she loves.
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Pam Jenoff. (2012). The Kommandant's Girl. MIRA.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Pam Jenoff. 2012. The Kommandant's Girl. MIRA.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Pam Jenoff, The Kommandant's Girl. MIRA, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Pam Jenoff. The Kommandant's Girl. MIRA, 2012.
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