Noa is only 16 when her parents throw her out of the house. Not surprisingly they were upset to find out that she was pregnant - and the father is a Nazi. With no other option she goes to a home and is forced to give up her baby. Returning home is out of the question. She gets a job cleaning a small railway station and in return she can sleep in a small room there. One day she hears strange noises and looks into an abandoned boxcar. There she is shocked to see it filled with babies who are either dead or dying in the cold. Without really thinking about it she grabs a baby and runs.
Astrid is a Jew who grew up in a circus family. But then she married a man whom she loved and moved to Berlin to settle in one place for the first time in her life. Like Noa, Astrid is kicked out of her home - by her husband who is a Nazi officer. He does it because of their mixed marriage which would no longer be tolerated by the Reich. Did he kick her out because of love or hate? She doesn't know.
They both have a lot to hide when they meet at a German circus. A great read.
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