Auschwitz Midwife. Midwife from Berlin (set of 2 books)

The poignant duology «Auschwitz Midwife» and «Midwife from Berlin» — based on real events, tells the story of Esther Pasternak, a woman whose struggle to save children and search for her own daughter spanned several decades.

1943. Auschwitz. When midwife Ana Kaminski and her assistant Esther Pasternak pass through the gates of the death camp, they do not yet know that ahead of them lies a struggle that will change hundreds of fates. In the maternity barrack, Ana witnesses the terrible fate of women and their children. When the Nazis begin to take blond babies for the «Lebensborn» program, Ana and Esther make a desperate decision: they secretly mark the children with their mothers' camp numbers, hoping that one day these markings will help the separated families find each other.
But even after liberation, the nightmare does not end...
1945. Esther emerges from Auschwitz alive, but her newborn daughter Pippa is missing. The girl was taken to a German family, and the only thread connecting mother and child is the number left on her body before their separation. While Europe tries to recover from the war, Esther begins her own battle. A devastated Berlin, archives, hospitals, lists of missing children, false leads and shattered hopes — year after year she continues her search, refusing to come to terms with loss.
When the long-awaited reunion seems closer than ever, history intervenes once again. In 1961, the Berlin Wall divides the city and crosses out the last chances for reunification. But a mother's love proves stronger than time, borders, and political regimes.