When You Could Only See Red
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Ongoing, First published Oct 10, 2023
Set in the years of the Holocaust and World War Two (1938 to 1948) 

Amsterdam was a beautiful city, full of music, sound, and light. But it also was a city full of love. Or at least for the young Felix Gunter. Before the sirens, before the men dressed in black marched up and down the streets of Amsterdam, and before nearly 102,000 Jews were displaced from the Netherlands alone, young Felix was among the many who were not only friends with the Jews, but also was in love with one of them. Felix met Margret, a Christian whose father was a wealthy Jew, in 1937, and then began to court for two and a half years before the Nazi Party took over Amsterdam, nearly tearing the two apart. 
Not only was Marget's life changed, but so was Felix. Because of her family's ancestry, her and her family are transported to the Westerbrok Ghetto in Poland- but so is Felix'. The Gunter Family were Nazi Sympathizers during the war; however, they were still quite kind to Margret and her family. Felix' father forces him and his brothers to join Hitler's Youth; which will train them to become SS men. 
Felix and Margret's relationship is strictly forbidden, and it something that can put both themselves and their families in grave danger. However, it can also be the very thing that saves their lives. 

NOTE: This book is loosely based off of several different Nazi/Jew relationships during the Holocaust, and the events and places mentioned in this novel are also true. Please note however that most of the characters in this book are entirely fictional. Though the characters may not be real, the stories and testimonies of what people really went through during the Holocaust are VERY real and should always be remembered.

"But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God." -John 3:21
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