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Gretel helped to protect fugitives hunted by the Gestapo hid her Jewish doctor in her cellar and passed to the resistance secrets learned from her work on the Enigma encryption machine. Finally arrested in 1945 she was liberated as the British Army advanced towards Hamburg. After the war Gretel fell in love with a British officer. When he was transferred back to England her determination and bravery were tested once more.

Produktbeschreibung
Gretel helped to protect fugitives hunted by the Gestapo hid her Jewish doctor in her cellar and passed to the resistance secrets learned from her work on the Enigma encryption machine. Finally arrested in 1945 she was liberated as the British Army advanced towards Hamburg. After the war Gretel fell in love with a British officer. When he was transferred back to England her determination and bravery were tested once more.
Autorenporträt
Gretel Mahoney was born in Germany in 1915 and was 24 years old when the Second World War broke out. She moved to England in 1945, where she remained until her death in 2006. Claudia Strachan was born in Germany and moved to England in 1993. After meeting Gretel, she spent the next nine years researching the historical background of her story.