From Dust and Ashes

A Story of Liberation

by

Paperback, 464 pages

English language

Published Oct. 6, 2003 by Moody Publishers.

ISBN:
9780802415547
OCLC Number:
50670040

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4 stars (1 review)

It is 1945, and a group of American soldiers liberate a Nazi concentration camp. Helene is the abandoned wife of an SS guard who has fled to avoid arrest. Overcome by guilt, she begins to help meet the needs of survivors. Throughout the process, she finds her own liberation--from spiritual bondage, sin, and guilt. Readers will be intrigued and touched by this fascinating story of love, faithfulness, and courage amidst one of the darkest chapters of mankind's history.

2 editions

reviewed From Dust and Ashes by Tricia Goyer

When a war ends

4 stars

This book starts where all the other books stop: The end of the nazi regime. It's not really over when the war ends, is it? There are starving prisoners everywhere. Fleeing nazi's. American soldiers. And 'normal' German citizens trying to figure out their new position in all of this. It was a bit annoying that the main character 'did the right thing' from the beginning of the book, she stood out, she wasn't a typical German woman because of this. Also didn't care for the Christian sauce where all the main characters needed to find God, but overall it was a very interesting read.

Subjects

  • Executions and executioners -- Fiction.
  • War crime trials -- Fiction.
  • War criminals -- Fiction.
  • Widows -- Fiction.
  • Austria -- Fiction.