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The Commandant's Daughter

A Compelling and Heart-Wrenching World War 2 Historical Novel

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The Commandant's Daughter

By: Catherine Hokin
Narrated by: Aysha Kala, Sam Alexander
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"What is this place?" She lowers her camera and takes in the frail bodies and desolate faces staring back at her. "It’s hell on earth. Where the desperate abandon their last hope."

In that moment, she knows that taking pictures is not enough; she has to help these people....

Berlin, 1933. Ten-year-old Hanni Foss stands by her father, watching the celebrations marking Adolf Hitler as Germany’s new leader. As the torchlights fade, she knows her safe and happy childhood is about to change forever. Practically overnight, the father she adores is lost to his ruthless ambition to oversee an infamous concentration camp....

Twelve years later. As the Nazi regime crumbles, Hanni hides from her father on the fringes of Berlin. In stolen moments, she develops the photographs she took to record the brutality of the camp - the empty food bowls and hungry eyes - and vows to get justice for the innocent people she couldn’t help as a child.

But on the day she plans to deliver these damning photographs to the Allies, Hanni comes face-to-face with her father again. Reiner Foss is now working with the British forces, his past safely hidden behind a new identity. He makes it clear that he will go to deadly lengths to protect his secrets, but Hanni knows she can’t give up her fight. But what will she have to sacrifice in order to keep the promise she made?

A heartbreaking novel about the incredible courage of ordinary people during the Second World War. Fans of The Alice Network, The Nightingale, and The Tattooist of Auschwitz will never forget this powerful story of hope and humanity.

©2022 Catherine Hokin (P)2022 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.
20th Century Fiction Historical Fiction
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I was disappointed in this book. The 2 main characters pussyfooted around each other for the entire book. A few chapters in and I was silently screaming “just get on with it”. The dialogue and narrative was bogged down With repetitive phrasing and meaning. Whilst the male antagonist was (justly so) suffering from PTSD it didn’t make the story at all believable from a practical point of view.
I have studied WWII for the past 50 years and read countless books both fiction and non fiction on the subject. Whilst the storyline was interesting, the book could have been so much better. I kept falling asleep listening to it. The male Narrator spoke incredibly fast (I had to slow down the speed on all his chapters) and was not engaging.

Slow and repetitive

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Like the ending. Could have been trite, but the story avoided this. Well defined characters in the context of World War Ii

The understanding of trauma experienced by people during World War II.

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I disliked this book so much. The plot and characters were ridiculous and so boring I had to fast forward all the time

So Boring

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The changing of characters and readers every chapter made the story hard to follow and boring

A really hard story to follow

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