Description

„Code name „Sapphire“ is a novel inspired by actual events during World War II that touches on the greatest human fears to remind us of the power of human nature and the meaningful charge of love.

1942 Hannah Martel narrowly escapes Nazi Germany after her fiancé is murdered. But when the ship on which she was due to leave for America is turned back at the port, Hannah's only chance of salvation turns out to be her cousin Lily's home in Brussels.

Ready to do anything to leave Europe, the young woman joins an underground resistance organisation codenamed Sapphire. But soon her cousin's family is arrested for a fatal mistake, and Hannah finds herself faced with an impossible choice. What, and how much, is she willing to risk to save the people she loves from the deadly shadow of Auschwitz?