The German Heiress - Anika Scott

I appear to have a love for historical fiction, especially set during WWII. I don't know what it is about that time period, but I can't seem to get enough of these books!

The German Heiress tells the story from the other side. Most of the books I read about WWII are from the Allies side where this is told from the Axis point of view. The story follows Clara Falkenberg, who once ran her family's ironworks factory. She went into hiding at the end of the war and after two years away from her home, she reaches out to her best friend Elisa. When she doesn't hear from her, Clara decides to risk returning to her home city. This proves to be a mistake when an English soldier tries to arrest her for war crimes. She escapes and arrives at her friend's home, or what is left of it, and begins her search for Elisa. While there, she meets a man named Jakob who is also searching for Elisa, but Clara does not learn why until much later. While Clara searches for Elisa, she continues to be hunted by the English soldier.

Throughout the book Clara remembers the war and what she thought was resistance on her part. Clara disagreed with a lot of what happened in Germany, but as the English soldier pointed out to her, she really was complicit in harming many of the workers.

I really enjoyed this book. It was nice to read a story about WWII from a different perspective. It definitely made me wonder what would have happened if I had found myself on the other side, stuck in a situation I didn't agree with, but having little choice. Would it have been enough to find small ways to resist?