One Step Ahead

HitlerS Attack On Russia In The Spring Of 1941 And The Nazi Eastward Blitzkrieg Form A Dramatic Backdrop To This True Story. On The First Day Of Operation Barbarossa In The Midst Of Battle Esther Parnes Leads Her Family East Away From The Polish Village Of Skalat. A Step Ahead Of HitlerS Earth-Scorching Troops Esther And Her Children Endure Hunger Disease And Bloodshed. But HitlerS Four-Year Campaign Defeats Neither Mother Russia Nor Esther Parnes. In An Era When Women Were Confined To Traditional Household Roles At A Time When Proud Men Bowed Their Heads As They Stood At The Edge Of A Pit Waiting To Be Shot This Redheaded Woman Challenged Adolf Hitler. Based On Extensive Interviews And Independent Research Into The Parnes FamilyS Plight And The Nazi War On Russia This Book Tells The Story Of An Extraordinary MotherS Battle To Save Her Seven Children.