Escape From Berlin: The True Story of an American Student Trapped in Hitler's Germany

More than seventy years after the end of World War II, the atrocities committed by Hitler's regime still resonate through history as some of the worst examples of human cruelty. In examining these events from a modern perspective, many questions come to mind. Why didn't the German citizens stand up and do something? How did they let this tyrant take control right before their eyes?

Dr. Walter K. Asbeck was in a unique situation at the time. After arriving in Berlin in 1939, he lived in the c...