Daughter of the Dawn WWII (Margarete's Journey Book 4) by Marion Kummerow Margarete, who has now been Annegret for several years, is trying to help the war effort- by sabotaging her factory's manufacture of arms. She is secretly a resistance fighter desperate to try and end the war and look after the jewish workers she has taken on and hiding. She has fallen in love but even this has to be hidden as how could someone so grand fall for a fisherman? When she has to take a trip to Berlin to raise money to pay someone who is keeping a secret for her, things take a different turn from her life in the country. Can Margaret, a jew, escape and make it through the war?
This is the last in the series and needs to be read in order as it follows the story throughout the war era. I really enjoy these books. There is something more than endearing about Margarete and her tenacity and determination. She is selfless and focussed to protect those around her and more besides. Some parts are based on reality and it's very easy to imagine people like Margerete and those around her in that era, whose lives have been completely upended through no fault of their own. A wonderful, well researched read- a perfect end to a very enjoyable, informative series.
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Book Description:
1944, Germany: The war is still raging, as a young woman named Margarete hides from the Nazis in plain sight. With each day that passes, she takes more risks. But will one of those risks ultimately take her to the most evil place on earth?
After a bombing led to her identity being mistaken, Margarete Rosenbaum has been living disguised as one of the Nazis themselves, for almost the entire war.
But secretly—aided by Stefan, a resistance fighter she’s becoming impossibly drawn to—she is trying to liberate the Jewish workers sent to work on the land she’s inherited, and to sabotage the work of the factory she’s meant to be in charge of.
She knows that every day she is risking her life. But she also knows what she has to do. Because it could be her on the other side of the barbed wire fence. And for every person she saves from the Nazis, it’s worth it.
Until she is discovered. And to protect the people she had been helping, she knows she must accept her fate. Even when they send her to the very place she’s hoped to save her prisoners from: Auschwitz… Where no one comes out alive. As the war moves towards its brutal end, will she survive to see Stefan again?
A totally heartbreaking story about courage, love and betrayal, perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Beneath a Scarlet Sky and All the Light We Cannot See.
Author Bio:
Marion Kummerow was born and raised in Germany, before she set out to "discover the world" and lived in various countries. In 1999 she returned to Germany and settled down in Munich where she's now living with her family.
Inspired by the true story about her grandparents, who belonged to the German resistance and fought against the Nazi regime, she started writing historical fiction, set during World War II. Her books are filled with raw emotions, fierce loyalty and resilience. She loves to put her characters through the mangle, making them reach deep within to find the strength to face moral dilemma, take difficult decisions or fight for what is right. And she never forgets to include humor and undying love in her books, because ultimately love is what makes the world go round.
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