Surviving the Fatherland
A True Coming-of-age Love Story Set in WWII Germany

Awards2017 National Indie Excellence Award - Chill with a Book Readers' Award - Readers' Favorite Book Award - 2018 Indie B.R.A.G. Award Honoree - Finalist 2017 Kindle Book Awards - 2019 Global eBook Award Gold - Discovered Diamond Historical Novel"This book needs to join the ranks of the classic survivor stories of WWII such as "Diary of Anne Frank" and "Man's Search for Meaning". It is truly that amazing!" InD'taleMagazine"This novel is fast-paced and emotively worded and features a great selection of characters, flawed and poignantly three-dimensional." Historical Novel SocietySpanning thirteen years from 1940 to 1953 and set against the epic panorama of WWII, author Annette Oppenlander's SURVIVING THE FATHERLAND is a sweeping saga of family, love, and betrayal that illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the children's war.SURVIVING THE FATHERLAND tells the true and heart-wrenching stories of Lilly and Gunter struggling with the terror-filled reality of life in the Third Reich, each embarking on their own dangerous path toward survival, freedom, and ultimately each other. Based on the author's own family and anchored in historical facts, this story celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the strength of war children.