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Why wasn't Georg as understanding toward Anna about her being Jewish ? He was very kind and loving toward his first wife than he could have been more understanding . Anna wouldn't have had to lie to Georg.

Mary Luckett I think that it was the deception that threw Georg off. Georg fell in love with Anna only to discover that Anna did not exist.

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Sejal Naik Yup! The "sequel" is "The Diplomat's Wife (The Kommandant's Girl #2)" - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... :) It doesn't follow Emma/Anna, but i…moreYup! The "sequel" is "The Diplomat's Wife (The Kommandant's Girl #2)" - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... :) It doesn't follow Emma/Anna, but it follows Marta's story.

Personally, I didn't find it as great as "The Kommandant's Girl" but you may want to read it to complete the series. Here's my review of "The Diplomat's Wife" - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....(less)

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Sara I know this is a bit late, however hopefully this helps others in the future.

1) Why wasn't Georg as understanding toward Anna about her being Jewish?
2…moreI know this is a bit late, however hopefully this helps others in the future.

1) Why wasn't Georg as understanding toward Anna about her being Jewish?
2) What happens to Margot in this book?
3) What did Anna do with the pistol she had?
4) She was pretending not to be a Jew throughout much of the story, but shouldn't that have only highlighted her heritage?
5) Did any of the women feel guilty for sleeping with the enemy?
6) Did any of the women not feel guilty because they were providing for their children and families?
7) Did some of the women love the German men they slept with?
8) If you were a Jew in Nazi Poland, and had to keep your identity and marriage a secret, would you be so stupid as to carry your marriage certificate in your pocket while at your job working for the Nazis?
9) Can a man keep his moral values in an immoral period?
10) Would it really have been that easy to get in touch with the Resistance, especially when they had gone 'dark'?
11) Krysia might have been Catholic, but she had been married to a Jew, would the Germans have been that accepting of her?
12) Alek was killed in his apartment after the attack. What was he doing there when he was supposed to be in hiding?
13) Is this a historical romance? Would you categorize it differently? Did it ever seem like a Harlequin romance novel?
14) If it is a historical romance, then romance between whom? Emma and Jacob? Or Emma and the Kommandant?
15) Did you believe the romance between Emma and Jacob?
16) Emma and Jacob were married only a few weeks before they were separated. How do you think the story might have been different if they had been married for six months? One year? Five?
17) Was Jacob right to leave the way he did? Do you think he knew what Emma was doing? They did not communicate what each was doing. Was it because of the time and secrecy or their relationship?
18) Did you believe the romance between Emma and the Kommandant? Did the age difference bother you? As Emma wonders, if they had met in a different world, a different time, do you think they could have been happy together? Were they “star-crossed lovers”?
19) Did you find yourself more invested in Jacob or in the Kommandant?
20) Did you find Emma a sympathetic character? heroic? Was she a believable 19-year-old?
21) What was the most difficult challenge faced by Emma? How did her choices affect others?
22) Did her attraction to the Kommandant make her situation easier? What if she had not had feelings for him?
23) Emma struggled not just with betraying her husband, but betraying her faith. Do you think her struggle was portrayed realistically? Would you say she was unfaithful? Given the circumstances, were her actions “right”? In other words, do the ends justify the means?
24) Would you agree that the Kommandant, for example, was humanized? Did you find him sympathetic? Why or why not? If so, were you uncomfortable (as Emma was) with your sympathy?
25) Was the Kommandant really going to shoot Emma?
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What happens to Margot in this book?

Lori T Margot committed suicide, at 6 months pregnant, according to the rumors/Kommandant. Did you mean Marta? She continues on as the protagonist in the nex…moreMargot committed suicide, at 6 months pregnant, according to the rumors/Kommandant. Did you mean Marta? She continues on as the protagonist in the next book, The Diplomat's Wife.(less)

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So, I’m a bit confused about this trio of books. Does The Ambassador's Daughter come first before The Kommandant’s Girl? I read the latter first and am just diving into The Ambassador’s Daughter now. The storyline in that book precedes what I just read in The Kommandant’s girl. Ugh. Please help?!

Ashley Cooprider Hopefully you know the answer now, but Ambassador's Daughter comes first and is a prequel to The Kommandant's Girl. Also, can you tell me what happens…moreHopefully you know the answer now, but Ambassador's Daughter comes first and is a prequel to The Kommandant's Girl. Also, can you tell me what happens to Margot? It's been a while since I read The Kommandant's Girl and I cannot remember!(less)

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did they make a movie?

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