A Ghost From The Past

By Peter Halaka

On a cold November day in 1944, a frightened young woman of Jewish faith arrives at the door of a convent in Italy, seeking help. She is carrying a Star of David coin in her hand and an unborn child in her belly. The nuns take her in and learn her name: Hilda. They assist her in delivering a baby boy she plans to call Davide. But when Hilda passes away due to delivery complications, the child is instead baptized, named Paul, and placed in the care of a German couple. Gunter, a Nazi, & his wife Eva Hermann accept the boy as their own, completely unaware of their son's Hebrew heritage.Approximately one year later the Hermann family relocates to Switzerland and, for their safety, Gunter secures new identities for each of them. The child, now known as Mark Hodler, follows his parents as they move once again - this time all the way to New York - where Mark's father becomes a successful landowner and builder. Mark completes his education, especially drawn to study Nazi Germany's effect on religion. Still unaware of his own personal history or his father's connection to the Nazi party, Mark chooses to go to Rome, hoping to join the priesthood. It is only after a tragic accident claims his parents' lives that Mark's secret lineage begins to reveal itself.Freshly ordained, and now a man of the cloth, Mark's life is about to undergo its most dramatic and dangerous transformation yet.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 173100723X
• ISBN13: 9781731007230
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"