Summer of My German Soldier is a story that is intriguing as it is enjoyable. Patty Bergen, a Jewish girl in Arkansas, had been visiting her father’s shop when she encountered a bunch of Nazi prisoners of war. One of them, Anton Reiker, caught her attention, as he was polite, handsome, and everything she wouldn’t expect a Nazi prisoner to be. She didn’t think much of it, and she returned home to her kind housekeeper, Ruth, her younger sister, Sharon, and her two cruel parents. Life continued on normally for the next few weeks, with Patty spending her time creating a “secret hideout” above her house’s garage. Then, on one summer day, while looking out her hideout’s window, she spotted Anton running on the train tracks. She immediately raced
