Trudi Kanter was born in Austria and moved across Europe as she tried to escape the Nazis. She managed to do so, finally settling in England with her husband, Walter. She died in 1992.
In 1938, Trudi Kanter fell deeply in love with Walter Ehrlich, a charming and romantic businessman. But as Hitler’s tanks rolled into Austria, the world this young Jewish couple knew collapsed, leaving them desperate to escape. This is the true story of Trudi’s astonishing journey from Vienna to Prague to blitzed London seeking safety for her and Walter amid the horror engulfing Europe.