The Third Reich's Mistress

The intimate portrait of a friendship that Nazism broke forever.

Berlin, 1933. Renate and Ilse meet at school and become inseparable friends, united by their passion for knowledge. But as the Nazi party gains ground in the city, the Nuremberg laws will endanger a friendship that seemed destined to last forever. Ilse feels increasingly drawn to the Hitler Youth, while Renate is forced to confront a family secret that her family has hidden for decades.

A story of betrayal and regret that will not find its closure until 1989, when, in New York, Ava Fischer receives the ashes of her mother, whom she never really got to know, along with a package of unsent letters, addressed to Ilse's best childhood friend, Renate.

Critics have said:
«An absorbing exploration of friendship, betrayal, and the possibility of healing the wounds of the past.»
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