Song In A Nazi Night
(formerly Black Spider Over Tiegenhof)

"Suddenly Chris dropped his ice cream code. It splashed on the cobblestones at his feet. His eyes widened in terror at the six swinging bodies swirling in the wind, ropes around their necks, hanging between the bank and the town hall. His young brain couldn't put it together. Herr Hitler would never allow this."

At first, Mennonites Esther and Gerhard Claassen, as well as sons Chris and Hermann (in the Hitler Youth) are hopeful about the "New Germany." Because Hitler's cause seems noble, they and other German Mennonites have allowed their traditional commitment to peace to weaken.

But soon cold fear clutches Esther Claassen's heart. She has already lost one son in a drowning. Now the swastika, the "Black Spider" over Tiegenhof, with its awful powers, threatens her family.

As the evil mounts, Doctor Rosenbaum asks the Claassens to shelter his Jewish daughter Ruth in their farm community. But a betrayal within the household spells horror for Ruth.

Will Ruth survive? Will any of the Claassens survive as World War II unfolds, as the Black Spider devours their way of life, as death, torment, and exile threaten everything they hold dear?

And can they piece together enough of their tattered faith to find guidance through the Nazi night?

What are others saying about this book?

• "A gripping story of a faith challenged by the face of evil. Highly recommended. -- Library Journal
• "I couldn't put it down...Black Spider is a fascinating story about a phase of W.W.II that few readers ever encounter. Once you start reading the book, you can't put it down." -- Wayne C. Lee, author of 56 novels and instructor for the Writer's Digest Novel Writing School
• Black Spider is (after reviewing three WW II era books) by far the best!...The brutality done to Ruth simply screams from the page... Yoder's sentences are spare and powerful...deeply moving. -- Booklist
• "I highly recommend it for public and church libraries, high schools and colleges." -- Hope Lind, Provident Book Club
• "I picked up the book, started to read it and stayed up all night to finish it." -- Lavonne Platt, author and Wordsworth Publisher

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ISBN Number: 0-595-26489-1 (softcover, Song In A Nazi Night)
ISBN Number: 0-8361-9012-2 (softcover, Black Spider over Tiegenhof)
ISBN Number: 0-7862-2709-5 (hardcover, Black Spider over Tiegenhof)

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