The Woman Outside the Walls: A completely gripping WW2 historical novel about a heartbreaking secret

Excellant story...about one girl in Hamburg Germany...whose life is thrown into different situations...from the age of 17...through the years of the war and after. It's full of different characters..that break your heart..from all the horrible situations that the young ones endure ...and the strength they have to survive through the harsh realities of a bombed out city and country. With harsh living conditions...no plumbing...water...toilets, houses burned to ash...dead people laying under rumble...decaying Corpses all around them, infestations of bugs and rats, no clothes, Food, soap..warm coats and boots...anything that would give them relief and comfort..have all been lost. All they have is each other..their small little gang..living in a bombed out cellar..trying to survive day to day. Anna is the main character in this heartfelt story...that brings you her full story before...during ..and after the war. She is rescued by a British officer who has fallen for her..and wants to bring her back to England..to marry her and start a new life. Her life over the many years with her husband has been very good...it is now 2016...and she sees once again in the papers how Nazi hunters are still searching...for the ones that are guilty. At 90...Anna..is tired of hiding who she is..and what she did during the war. But is a mear secretary considered a Nazi and Killer ? She did not harm, or hurt or kill anyone..she tried to help anyway she could...but if she is found..will she be just as guilty? . A Young adult herself.. at 19 when she worked as a secretary in a prison encampment. In the beginning she wasen't aware of what was happening..she never saw the prisoners..but as the camp got fuller..she was aware of the harsh inhumane treatment they endured at the hands of the guards ..and eventually the death marches . The memories never leave her or the scars they caused. In telling her story...will it free her or destroy her ? Excellant story ...very well described and written..making you feel their suffering and struggles. Its rises you to ask..how do you judge the people that were forced them selves to do what they knew was wrong. What can one person do..to save someone from the horrors...when its YOU against a whole army of Nazi's that would put a bullet in your head in a blink of an eye. Are they excused because they were following orders ? They are a generation that were shaped and molded through propaganda and brain washing...and who should pay the price in the end ? Very difficult question..given so many scenarios of what they were forced to do..in the name of the Fuhrer. Some..( alot) will get a definite...Guilty without a doubt ..pay the price of hanging for their sins ...others...are harder to condemn....really makes you think long and hard. Only God knows the real truth of the guilty and the innocent.