Shadow of the Flag

By Milana Dietrich

On April 30, 1945, while Adolf Hitler's body smoldersin the courtyard of his hidden bunker, MARTIN BORMANN and a small band of elite Nazis sneakpast the Russian troopsto escape Berlin.Bormann clutches a leather satchelcontaining the Blood Flag, the most sacred symbolof the Nazi movement and the last remnant of Hitler's dream. The head of the Gestapo, HEINRICH MOLLER, arranges an escape route for Bormann, but before they can flee Berlin, the Blood Flag is stolen.It takes Muller a year to track the thief to war-ravaged Munich. When his most trusted lieutenant fails to bring the Blood Flag back, Muller's search becomes an obsession - an obsession to reclaim the Blood Flag and see it once again unitethe movement that nevertruly died. Findingit is worth any price - especially if it also means the death of a traitor.Decades later in Los Angeles, PROFESSOR AARON ROSEN dies of a heart attack after receiving a mysterious phone call. When sifting throughhis papers his daughter, BETH SAMUELS, discoversthe de-Nazification papersof a man named PETER ROLF. The face lookingback at her from the grainy black and white photograph is her father's.Beth's world tips out of its orbit.Her grief twistsinto a driving need to learn the truth. Was her fathera Nazi war criminal? If he was, how could her mother, a survivor of Auschwitz, have marriedhim? How could Beth haveloved him?

Bethembarks on a journey that takes herfirst to her parents' closestfriend, retired Israeli General BENJAMIN KLAUS. Riddled with cancer and dying, yet he is a stubborn old man who insists on keeping her father'ssecrets. Even his son, DAVID, cannot force him tohelp Beth. Determined to find the answers with or without Benny's help, Bethfollows the few clues she has and takes her search to Germany, where it allbegan.

Fromthe streets of Tel Aviv to a villagein the Bavarian Alps, Beth is pursued and threatened. Thrust into a web of treachery and murder, Beth finally learns the reason behind it all. Her fatherstole the BloodFlag from the Nazis; and theywant it back, no matter how many must die. When Benny finally realizesBeth is in danger, he and his son David step in with all the power at their disposal; but they are almost too late.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1939986389
• ISBN13: 9781939986382
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Putnam & Smith Publishing Company
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 10.0"