Late Storm
A Story of Love and Resistance in the Third Reich
Two young Nazi resisters – the students Charlotte Wolfskehl and Hans Kühner – fall in love on the eve of the Second World War. Both have a beacon in their Munich lives: the German-Jewish poet Karl Wolfskehl, who is Charlotte's uncle. But he flees from Hitler to New Zealand.
Charlotte is Jewish and goes into hiding in the Kaiserstuhl area of Germany. Hans ends up as a political prisoner in the Dachau concentration camp. Later, the Wehrmacht takes him to Italy as an interpreter. In 1944, he deserts – to the Vatican! But it is sealed off by the Germans. Hans sends a fervent message of love to his hidden bride via Vatican Radio. Will the forbidden message reach her? Despite great danger (the Nazis deny Vatican neutrality), even Pope Pius XII shows that he has a big heart. Will the two be reunited?
- Based on a true story
- Historically researched
- Told in a gripping way
