A mother's vow to protect her child. A man desperate to forget his past. A daughter who must learn the truth to forgive her parents.
Auschwitz, 1943. When Agi arrives at Auschwitz with her infant son, Jan-Moshe, she knows his chances of survival are almost nonexistent. Forced to work as a seamstress in the camp's factory, she hides her baby inside the stuffing of the pillows she sews, living in constant terror of discovery.
Desperate to keep her child alive, Agi turns to a fellow prisoner known throughout the camp as "The Bear of Auschwitz", a towering man with access to precious contraband. But in a place where a single mistake can mean death, Agi must trust that one man's protection will be enough to save them both.
Israel, 2003. The daughter of Auschwitz survivors who never spoke of the past, Dari grew up surrounded by silence. Determined to escape it, she moves to Berlin - the one place she knew her parents would never follow. But when her husband suddenly dies during a visit to Israel, Dari is forced to return home and face the family she left behind.
Driven by grief, she begins asking the questions her parents avoided for decades, especially why her father was known as the Bear of Auschwitz. As she uncovers the truth behind his survival, Dari discovers a burden of guilt he has carried for a lifetime. But some secrets were never meant to be shared.
Heart-wrenching and unforgettable, The Bear of Auschwitz is a powerful story of survival, sacrifice, and the secrets families keep to protect the ones they love, perfect for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Anna Stuart and Roberta Kagan.
