Flying against the Wind: The Story of a Young Woman Who Defied the Nazis Summary
Ina R. Friedman

Flying against the Wind: The Story of a Young Woman Who Defied the Nazis Summary

Lodgepole Press published Friedman's novel, Flying against the Wind in 1995. This remarkable biographical portrait of Cato Bontjes Van Beeks takes place in Germany during Hitler's emergence and subsequent command of the country. This gifted young woman's incredible courage, spirit, and sense of justice led her to join the nonJewish Germans who rejected Hitler's plan and worked for the restoration of individual rights.

As readers encounter the harrowing experience of Hitler's effects on the...

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