When Time Stopped

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In 1941, a member of the Neumann family was arrested in German-occupied Czechoslovakia for bathing in a river forbidden to Jews and was sent to Auschwitz, where he was recorded in the morgue book just eighteen days later. Out of thirty-four Neumann family members, twenty-five were murdered by the Nazis. One survivor, Hans Neumann, evaded capture by hiding in Berlin under the Gestapo's watch. The trauma he endured was so profound that, even after building an industrial empire in Venezuela, he could not speak of it. His daughter, Ariana, only sensed that something terrible had occurred. Upon Hans's death, he left her a box of letters, diary entries, and memorabilia. A decade later, Ariana found the courage to translate the letters, sparking a worldwide search that revealed deep portraits of a family striving to love and survive amid unimaginable horrors. This narrative unfolds as a powerful detective story and an epic family memoir, spanning nearly ninety years and crossing oceans. Neumann vividly brings each relative to life, and in uncovering her father's past, she discovers rich nuances in her own history, revealing poignant truths about the threads of humanity that connect us all.