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The story of this family is unique due to the great wealth they had and lost. It adds another dimension to the personal hardships and loss suffered by many at the hands of the Third Reich. No Jew was safe during this period. They finally attempt to leave Danzig and their privileged life. It is a very personal story and one that recounts the hopelessness of coping in a world controlled by a treacherous leader. I highly recommend this book. If you don't read it you are missing a treasure." - Gary A. Wilson, Ph.D.
"...a stunning portrait of a city under seig at the birth of the Nazi regime in 1932 and 1933." - Rick Zitter
"One might not guess this novel was written by a doctor, one who has saved so many lives, in opposite pursuit of the fascists he escaped. While he is that, Kra is also an exceptionally gifted author, who writes with a natural eloquence, charm, grace and depth. Complete with a richness of plot, characters and suspense, Twilight in Danzig reads like cinema." - Lauren Grosskopf, Publisher
"Siegfried Kra is an accomplished author who has written over a dozen books, mostly on medical topics. A cardiologist in the New Haven area, he has written an engrossing autobiographical sketch, Twilight in Danzig, about his early childhood in 1932, starting as a life of remarkable privilege, and then barely escaping from the Gestapo as the Nazis invade Danzig in 1939. The Free City of Danzig was a semi-autonomous city-state that existed between 1920 and 1939. It rested on the Baltic Sea, between Germany and Poland, and consisted of the city itself and nearly 200 towns and villages in the surrounding area. Created in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles, it consisted mainly of German and Polish citizens, with a minority of Jewish residents. Today it is known as Gdansk and is part of Poland.
Dr. Kra's father owned a very prosperous coal business, which enabled the family to mingle with German aristocracy and the wealthiest of Danzig society. Siegfriend knew only the very best of what life had to offer. His German governess entered him in the Hitler youth and by an accidental act of fate, he met Hitler personally, who, thinking him a good Aryan, patted him on the head. A photo of the meeting was printed in the local paper, giving Siegfriend and his family status with the Nazis but not with the Jewish community. The life in high society was not to last. The clouds of anti-Semitism were rapidly dimming the lives of the Kra family. The prelude to the Holocaust had begun. It is difficult for us today to understand the horrible events leading to the Holocaust, and the Holocaust itself. That is why narratives like Twilight in Danzig are so important, providing personal insight into these devastating and tragic events." - Reviewed by Editor Emeritus Michael M. Deren, MD, Ct Medicine Magazine,
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