City of Women / David R. Gillham / 392 pages

This novel takes place in 1943 at the height of World War II in Berlin, Germany.  It tells a story of survival in a city of mostly women in Nazi Germany.  Sigrid Schroder is a German soldier's wife living with her mother-in-law.  She works as a stenographer in an office.  Sigrid becomes involved with two lovers, one Jewish and one a wounded German officer.  She is drawn into the reality of what is happening in Germany with the Jewish people.  Suddenly her wounded husband returns home.  She is torn between protecting her family and continuing to help the Jewish people in hiding.  This book is intense and kept me on the edge.  It gave me a feel for what life was like in Nazi Germany as a civilian.