Maelstrom A Novel of Nazi Germany

<p><em>Before he fully realized the diabolical cruelties of the National Socialist German Worker's Party Konrad Wengler had committed atrocities against his own people the Jews out of fear of both his faith and his heritage. But after he witnesses firsthand the concentration camps the corruption the inhuman malevolence of the Nazi war machine and the propaganda aimed at annihilating an entire race he knows he must find a way to turn the tide and become the savior his people desperately need.</em></p><p>Never underestimate the enemy...</p><p>Konrad Wengler survived his brush with the death camps of Nazi Germany. Now reinstated as a police officer in his Bavarian hometown despite being a Jew he throws himself back into his work seeking to uncover evidence that will remove a corrupt Nazi party official. </p><p>The Gestapo have their own agenda and despite orders from above to eliminate this troublesome Jewish policeman they hide Konrad in the Totenkopf (Death's Head) Division of the Waffen-SS. In a fight to survive in the snowy wastes of Russia while the tide of war turns against Germany Konrad experiences tank battles ghetto clearances partisans and death camps (this time as a guard) as well as the fierce battles where his Division is badly outnumbered and on the defence.</p><p>Through it all Konrad strives to live by his conscience and resist taking part in the atrocities happening all around him. He still thinks of himself as a policeman but his desire to bring the corrupt Nazi official to justice seems far removed from his present reality. If he is to find the necessary evidence against his enemy he must first survive...</p>