A Fight in Silence
Pub. Lake Union (2019)
An historical novel rooted in true stories and events that occurred between 1925 and 1950. We meet Richard and Paula in Hamburg in 1926, where they fall in love, marry and are soon blessed with twins. Richard qualifies as a psychiatrist and life ahead looks bright. But happiness turns to horror when the Nazis seize power and begin forcing doctors to euthanise anyone the regime deems imperfect. One of Richard and Paula’s twins was born deaf and could become a target for the evil regime…
First published in German by Tinte & Feder as ‘Im Lautlosen’.
Researched and written by Melanie Metzenthin, psychiatrist and native of Hamburg, where it all happened.
ISBN: 978-1542093682