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David Harris, an American reporter,
travels to Salzburg Austria during the summer of 1938, a few
months after Adolph Hitler reunited Austria with Germany,
in order to write the story of the century. After learning
that the borders are closed, David makes an attempt to find
the American Embassy. In his search he encounters a pompous
SS officer who tries to take advantage of Anna Von Braun,
the daughter of a Nazi official. In an attempt to protect
the girl's honor, David gets attached and taken to the Gestapo
Headquarters where he is accused of treason. While being detained
in a holding cell David meets a Jewish widow named Brigitta
Reinhardt who loses her family in a Nazi raid and believes
she is going to a terrible place.
At dawn, Lieutenant Stephan Von
Braun and his daughter Anna arrives at the Headquarters asking
for David's release. Over the next few months David is infiltrated
with every aspect of Nazi society, including being introduced
to Anna's younger brother, Franz, who is an active participant
within the Hitler Youth. During his stay David and Anna uncover
the secrets that await Brigitta Reinhardt and other Jews like
her.
Salzburg Secrets is a historical
novel that uncovers the fate of the Jews as well as the secrets
that lie within the society of the Third Reich itself. A life
that was centered around absolute loyalty, and where the young
were the future of the Fatherland, Salzburg Secrets delves
into the calculated steps the Nazis used in exterminating
the Jewish population as well as the truths behind the Hitler
Youth and the effects the propaganda had on the young.
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