This book is a very poignant book that was written in the shortest time span possible - in comparison to time taken for all her books to date.
Jyothi was on a visit to Poland when a colleague began talking about the history of Poland especially about the Jewish Population in Poland and Eastern Europe and what happened to them during the Nazi regime and subsequent takeover of Poland by the German Third Reich - Hitlers powerful and brutal army.
The bridge still stands today as a steel bridge over the north branch of the Oder river in Wrocław, Poland. There was a custom that lovers would put a lock on the steel trusses of the bridge and the key would be thrown over into the Oder river. Just as the locks remained locked forever - the belief is that the couples who put the lock there on the Tumski Bridge would remain locked forever.
This book is a very poignant book that was written in the shortest time span possible - in comparison to time taken for all her books to date.
Jyothi was on a visit to Poland when a colleague began talking about the history of Poland especially about the Jewish Population in Poland and Eastern Europe and what happened to them during the Nazi regime and subsequent takeover of Poland by the German Third Reich - Hitlers powerful and brutal army.
The bridge still stands today as a steel bridge over the north branch of the Oder river in Wrocław, Poland. There was a custom that lovers would put a lock on the steel trusses of the bridge and the key would be thrown over into the Oder river. Just as the locks remained locked forever - the belief is that the couples who put the lock there on the Tumski Bridge would remain locked forever.
It is a love story that began during the pogroms and then continued all the way to Kerala where the Jews were taken and some who settled down. Not many folks know about this history and there is documentary evidence to prove that it happened.
The book was published by Helios Books.
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