Extremely moving real life struggle about one man from Slovakia who spends three torturous years in captivity under Nazi Germany. A beautiful romance ensues between Lale and Gita and this incites them to keep living and hoping towards their future together. I really struggled to put this book down, it's so deeply immersing however the story telling dwindled towards the end as the events after Lale's captivity were exposited with a very rushed tone. An amazing tale of love and survival!