Twilight in Danzig

Synopsis

Based On Siegfried Kra's Own Childhood, Twilight In Danzig Is An Important Addition To Pre-holocaust Literature And A Unique Chronicle Of European Jewish Culture That Reads Like A Thriller. Young Jonas Kruger's Parents. Are Scions Of Danzig Society, His Father A Coal Merchant, His Mother A Lovely Socialite. But The Rise Of Hitler In 1933 Forces Them To Examine Their Identity And Make Difficult Moral Choices: Jonas' Governess Secretly Enrolls Him In The Nazi Youth; Mr. Kruger Buys Open Tickets On The Queen Mary, But Keeps His Family In Danzig, Hoping The Madness Will Blow Over. But Soon The Anti-jewish Laws Will Reach Danzig And The Krugers Will Face The Most Difficult Decision Of Their Lives: Whether To Try To Reform And Resist From Within, Or To Flee Penniless To A Country That Doesn't Want Them, Leaving Their Larger Family To An Unspeakable Fate.