Mortal Choices

The true story of a family protected by the enemy in World War II.

What do you do when only the “enemy” can save your children?

This is the true story of a family trapped between outlaw partisans and the Nazis during World War II. Geographically, it spans Belarus, Poland, Lithuania, and Germany. In a stunning reversal of the typical wartime narrative, one family member manipulates German forces to exact vengeance on the predatory partisans who murdered his relatives, while another finds unexpected humanity within the heart of the Reich. And in the most unimaginable moment of all, German soldiers take the surviving family members—children included—under their protection.

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