ACROSS THE DARK RIVER

by Peter Mendelssohn ‧ RELEASE DATE: Dec. 1, 1939

Another indictment of Nazi Germany, with a power that comes from simplicity and restraint, but the market does seem overexploited and this book is not essentially popular. This is the story of little men, an innkeeper, a tailor, a Rabbi, a cobbler, etc., and the days they lived through -- but for the most part could not survive, when Hitler came into Austria. Losing all they had, they are driven from Germany, refused harbor in Czechoslovakia, and finally find a temporary refuge on a barge on the Danube, the band of forty odd now dwindled down to a handful. Death and deportation soon solve the issue. Well done, if harrowing, fictionization of an actual incident.

Pub Date: Dec. 1, 1939

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday, Doran

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Dec. 1, 1939

Categories: FICTION