There has been a lot of interest in books about WWII again. In our area the books about the Dutch resistance are really big right now. Some of the stories are about our own families as many of our relatives moved over to America after the war.
All God's Children by Anna Schmidt is set in Munich just at the start of the war. Beth is on a vacation of her dreams, but while in Munich WWII erupts and catchers her unable to get out to head back home. She is a Quaker so she refuses to take sides. While she tries to find a way home, she becomes aware of the least of these that need rescuing. As the danger rises Beth decides to say and help.There are certian things that we will never know what we will do until we are actually in the situation the will require and answer. One of the being, would we have stood against the Nazi advancement or would we have sided with them and helped turn in Jewish neighbors and friends? I would like to think I would have joined the resistance, but that is easy to say from this side where my family is safe and their is not threat of being shot or imprisioned.
But books like this help us to think about what we would do if and when that would arise. I still can't say for sure I would do what is right, but I really would like to think that I would.
Happy Reading.
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