Skillfully researched and powerfully written, The German Wife will capture you from the first page. Madeline Martin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London The New York Times bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan returns with a gripping novel inspired by the true story of Operation Paperclip- a controversial secret Us intelligence program that employed former Nazis after Wwii. Berlin, 1930 When a wave of change sweeps a radical political party to power, Sofie von Meyer Rhodes's academic husband benefits from the ambitions of its newly elected chancellor. Although Sofie and Jurgen do not share the social views growing popular in Hitler's Germany, Jurgen's position with its burgeoning rocket program changes their diminishing fortunes for the better. But as Sofie watches helplessly, her beloved Berlin begins to transform, forcing her to consider what they must sacrifice morally for their young family's security, and what the price for their neutrality will be. Twenty years later, Jurgen is one of the many German scientists offered pardons for their part in the war, and taken to America to work for its fledgling space program.