Twilight in Danzig

<p>Based on Siegfried Kra’s own childhood Twilight in Danzig is an important addition to pre-Holocaust literature and a unique chronicle of European Jewish culture that reads like a thriller.<br /> <br />Young Jonas Kruger’s parents. are scions of Danzig society his father a coal merchant his mother a lovely socialite. But the rise of Hitler in 1933 forces them to examine their identity and make difficult moral choices: Jonas’ governess secretly enrolls him in the Nazi Youth; Mr. Kruger buys open tickets on the Queen Mary but keeps his family in Danzig hoping the madness will blow over.<br /> <br />But soon the anti-Jewish laws will reach Danzig and the Krugers will face the most difficult decision of their lives: whether to try to reform and resist from within or to flee penniless to a country that doesn’t want them leaving their larger family to an unspeakable fate.</p>