Wildflowers of Terezin is a sweeping historical novel set against a
backdrop of danger. A Danish Lutheran pastor's complacent faith is
stretched to the breaking point during World War II when he meets a
young Jewish nurse, Hanne Abrahamsen, and becomes deeply involved in
Resistance efforts to save Denmark's Jews from the Nazi prison camp at
Terezin, Czechoslovakia - also known as Theresienstadt. Challenged by
his evangelical brother and swayed by his own attraction to Hanne,
Pastor Steffen abandons his formerly quiet, uninvolved life and
hesitantly volunteers to help smuggle Denmark's Jews out of the country
before a Nazi roundup. Steffen finds that helping his Jewish neighbors
is the most decent, spiritual thing he has ever done. As he actually
does God's work, rather than just talking about it, Steffen's faith
deepens and he takes greater risks in his sermons. When things go
terribly wrong and Hanne is sent to Terezin, Steffen finds his heart
fully engaged. He undertakes protests and rescues that are more and more
dangerous, never imagining where it will lead him or the ultimate cost
of his decision to get directly involved.
