About the Book: Crooked Cross
An extraordinarily prescient 1934 novel tracing the rise of Nazism in Germany
through the eyes of an ordinary family.
"Remarkable… The resonances with today are impossible to overlook." -Guardian
Gripping in its immediacy and poignant in its humanity, Sally Carsons
celebrated historical fiction novel follows one familys deterioration through
the rise of totalitarianism.
It is Christmas Eve 1932, and the Kluger family are celebrating at home. Their
only daughter Lexa is excited about her upcoming summer wedding to Moritz
Weissmann, a promising young doctor. Moritz is initially welcomed by her parents
and two brothers, Helmy and Erich. But