Jill Eikenberry

In 1939, Elly Glass, a Viennese woman, traveled to Berlin in an effort to free her Jewish husband from Buchenwald. At only 23 years old, Elly obtained an audience with a high-ranking Gestapo officer. By the end of that meeting, the officer said, Your husband will be released in 10 days. After his release, the couple fled Vienna and came to the United States. With no money, no fluency in the English language, and no friends to help them, they overcame...