Hanna Fischl, a Czech of Jewish descent, was a twenty-four-year-old teacher in a German-speaking part of Czechoslovakia when Hitler’s shadow loomed over Europe in 1938. No longer able to associate openly with her lover, Hans Feiertag, the talented Christian composer whom she had loved since her teens, she began writing a diary at his request so that, once they were reunited, he could learn about her life while they had been apart. Written in a touching and candid style, This book is the result of that request.