City of Women by David R. Gillham
City of Women by David R. Gillham Sigrid Schroder is one of the many women waiting for her husband to come home from war in Berlin in 1943. The wireless keeps saying that the war is almost won, yet the bombs continue to come and the air sirens continue to wail. In the meantime Sigrid has taken a lover, a Jewish lover named Egon, who she has fallen in love with. She has also befriended a young woman by the name of Ericha, who she comes to find out is part of a network of people aiding Jews and criminals as they flee the country. Her knowledge of the crimes has turned her into an accessory and she has decided not to stand idly by but to become a part of the network even though it spells danger for everyone involved. Can I just say that I loved that this novel took place in Berlin? I absolutely did. It heightened the suspense of the novel knowing that everything was taking place in the heart of the Nazi capital. Here we have Sigrid who lives wi