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Germany, 1946: Emmy Clarke is a librarian, not a soldier. But that doesn’t stop the Library of Congress from sending her overseas to help the Monuments Men recover books plundered by the Nazis. At the Offenbach Archival Depot, Emmy catalogs stolen literature—each with its own forgotten history.
When she discovers a poetry collection with a handwritten dedication—“To Annelise, my brave Edelweiss Pirate”—she is drawn into a mystery of resistance, betrayal, and courage. Her search leads to two sisters and an extraordinary protest in wartime Berlin, where hundreds of women defied the Nazis to save their Jewish husbands.
Inspired by true events, The Book of Lost Names is a poignant story of love, defiance, and the power of books to preserve history—even in the darkest times.
