Voices in the Wilderness

About the Book

The book is an attempt to imagine how ordinary Germans reacted to the Nazi regime. It tries to re-create their hopes and fears as they lived in a harsh, tightly supervised society, which severely punished any departure from the party line.

A chapter is devoted to each of the years from 1933 to 1945, with a short epilogue in 1946. Each chapter is prefaced with a short, historical summary of the main events that affected Germany during that year. The fictional characters weave across the years, reacting to, or being involved in, the events of each year.

About the Author

The author is a priest living in retirement in Tenerife. His interest in the historical period, which forms the basis of the book, arose when he studied the basic social history of the period as an undergraduate of the Open University.