Tears in the Danube

<p>William Jurin a Jewish shop owner in Austria finds his life turned upside down when Hitler and the Nazis seize control of the country in 1938. Married to a Christian woman Jurim finds himself in a precarious position fearing for his safety and the well-being of his family. In a desperate attempt to protect his loved ones and his livelihood he works tirelessly to transfer his business and apartment to his wife's name hoping to keep them within the family.</p><p>As the Nazi terror spreads Jurim faces numerous dangers and obstacles in his quest to secure safe passage to America. The book based on a poignant letter Jurim wrote to his brother who was sponsoring his immigration and to his sister in Poland while traveling by ship to the United States offers a vivid and heart-wrenching account of the harrowing experiences endured by Austrian Jews under the Nazi regime.</p>