Německá dívka – Correa Armando Lucas (2022)

The novel The German Girl is inspired by the stories of travelers, Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, who are trying to reach safety on the ocean liner St. Louis. However, no country, led by their original destination Cuba, wants to accept them. Only a handful of the nearly thousand people on board will eventually set foot on the Caribbean island. Eleven-year-old Hannah Rosenthal's life was like a fairy tale. But in the spring of 1939, the streets of Berlin are lined with Nazi flags, her family loses all their possessions, and Jews are no longer welcome anywhere. Hannah and her best friend Leo therefore make a pact - no matter where fate takes them, the important thing is to stay together. Both families eventually embark on a Caribbean adventure aboard the St. Louis. The voyage is a moment of respite for the passengers; however, disturbing rumors from Cuba soon cloud the festive atmosphere of the journey. The ship, which was supposed to be their salvation, could quickly become their ticket to death. Hannah and Leo face a heartbreaking decision... Seventy years later, Anna Rosen, living in New York, receives a mysterious package from her great-aunt Hannah, whom she has never met and who raised her late father. In an effort to clarify her father's mysterious past...