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Vienna on fire : a WWII story of survival

Vienna on fire : a WWII story of survival

Book 2024

"Vienna on Fire by Don Gabor captures the harrowing journey of Greta Kolbe, an 18-year-old jewish woman in 1938 Nazi-occupied Austria, whose comfortable life has spiraled into intimidation, chaos, and terror. Ordered to police headquarters for questioning about her resistance activities, Greta flees Vienna for the Netherlands and a New York-bound steamer. Relentlessly pursued by the Gestapo, a Dutch bounty hunter, and a vengeful ex-suitor-turned-...