Paperback. 83 pages. Published 1997.

This is a powerful little book; it combines two adventures of unequal weight: an adolescent friendship and the rise of Nazism.

Charming young Conrad von Hohenfels befriends the narrator, Hans Schwarz, son of a Jewish doctor and grandson of a rabbi. Young Schwarz is dazzled by the aura that surrounds the Hohenfels, and his friendship with Conrad takes a passionate turn, described by Fred Uhlman with exquisite tact.

This is the beautiful story of adolescence and friendship between two boys whom history separates and ultimately destroys because Hitler is about to seize power...

RELEASE NOTES:

Posted this book (together with 16 others) to millykitty36 in the untamed wilds of Hobart Tasmania, as part of an ongoing committment to the furtherment of bookcrossing in that State.

Mailed at the Post Office Sherwood Road Sherwood Brisbane Queensland Australia at 1.30pm Tuesday 21 March 2006.

Received by Lifeline. Released at Old Bus Depot Markets - Canberra's Sunday Best!

This book is really a short story. It can be read in one sitting. It not only gives a sensitive insight into what it was like for a young Jewish boy during the time of the rise of Nazi Germany but also depicts the extreme hierarchy that still existed in German society.