Max's War

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As the Nazis sweep across Europe Jewish teen Max and his parents flee German persecution to Holland where Max finds friends and a life-altering romance. But when Hitler invades in 1940 Max escapes to Chicago leaving his parents and friends behind. When he learns of his parents' murder Max immediately enlists in the US Army. After basic training he is sent to Camp Ritchie Maryland where he is trained in interrogation and counterintelligence. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Deployed to the OSS Max carries out dangerous missions in Occupied countries. He also interrogates German POWs especially after D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge where despite life-threatening conditions he elicits critical information about German troop movements. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(255 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Post-war he works for the Americans in the German denazification program bringing him back to his Bavarian childhood home of Regensburg. Though the city avoided large-scale destruction the Jewish community was decimated. Max roams familiar yet strange streets replaying memories of lives lost to unspeakable tragedy. While there however he reunites with someone from his past who like him sought refuge abroad. Can they rebuild their lives... together? </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This epic suspenseful coming of age and war story is Libby Hellmann's tribute to her late father-in-law who was active with the OSS and interrogated dozens of German POWs.</span></p>