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War Girls #3
Tödlicher Ehrgeiz
Does the Greater Good justify all Sacrifices?
Nurse Anna knows from her own experience that war is an ugly affair.
Working in a Nazi concentration camp, she faces evil every day.
At night, she’s forced to service an SS doctor in other ways.
But just when her fate turns and she leaves the horrors behind, she finds out that human cruelty knows no limit.
Finally pursuing her dream career as a biologist, she discovers a ghastly secret the Nazis are hiding from the world.
Looking away won’t appease her conscience.
Not when she’s the one supposed to do their ugly bidding.
Now she faces the hardest choice of all...
Download this riveting story in the War Girls Saga right now.
Or, if you prefer to read a series in order, start with the prequel, DOWNED OVER GERMANY. You can buy this short story right here on Amazon or receive it for free by signing up to Marion's newsletter at my website (see in author profile).
Nurse Anna knows from her own experience that war is an ugly affair.
Working in a Nazi concentration camp, she faces evil every day.
At night, she’s forced to service an SS doctor in other ways.
But just when her fate turns and she leaves the horrors behind, she finds out that human cruelty knows no limit.
Finally pursuing her dream career as a biologist, she discovers a ghastly secret the Nazis are hiding from the world.
Looking away won’t appease her conscience.
Not when she’s the one supposed to do their ugly bidding.
Now she faces the hardest choice of all...
Download this riveting story in the War Girls Saga right now.
Or, if you prefer to read a series in order, start with the prequel, DOWNED OVER GERMANY. You can buy this short story right here on Amazon or receive it for free by signing up to Marion's newsletter at my website (see in author profile).
196 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 29, 2020
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About the author
Marion Kummerow
125 books433 followersMarion Kummerow was born and raised in Germany, before she set out to "discover the world" and lived in various countries. In 1999 she returned to Germany and settled down in Munich where she's now living with her family.
After dipping her toes with non-fiction books, she finally tackled the project dear to her heart. UNRELENTING is the story about her grandparents, who belonged to the German resistance and fought against the Nazi regime.
It's a book about resilience, love and the courage to stand up and do the right thing.
After dipping her toes with non-fiction books, she finally tackled the project dear to her heart. UNRELENTING is the story about her grandparents, who belonged to the German resistance and fought against the Nazi regime.
It's a book about resilience, love and the courage to stand up and do the right thing.
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September 1, 2023
This is more of a love story don't expect anything gorry!
December 8, 2017
Every action has a consequence. When the consequence tests the endurance of an innocent woman, you have the basis of a good story. When that woman has a strength and determination that’s inspiring, you have a great story.
Anna Klausman’s action was to enable her sister to escape. The consequence is suffering at the hands of the despicable doctor Tretter, head physician at the Ravensbrück women’s concentration camp. There seems no escape until Charité hospital professor Scherer offers Anna a job. He treats her well and becomes her mentor and champion. But he isn’t all he seems. And his driver, Peter, isn’t either. Anna falls in love with Peter, despite her suspicions.
When Tretter unexpectedly re-enters Anna’s life the consequences are diabolical.
Tightly written, inspiring female characters and suspense are combined in Marion Kummerow’s trademark style. This is a compelling page turner. It is the third in the Wargirl series but can be read as a stand-alone. I’d recommend starting with the first, Ursula and then Lotte.
Anna Klausman’s action was to enable her sister to escape. The consequence is suffering at the hands of the despicable doctor Tretter, head physician at the Ravensbrück women’s concentration camp. There seems no escape until Charité hospital professor Scherer offers Anna a job. He treats her well and becomes her mentor and champion. But he isn’t all he seems. And his driver, Peter, isn’t either. Anna falls in love with Peter, despite her suspicions.
When Tretter unexpectedly re-enters Anna’s life the consequences are diabolical.
Tightly written, inspiring female characters and suspense are combined in Marion Kummerow’s trademark style. This is a compelling page turner. It is the third in the Wargirl series but can be read as a stand-alone. I’d recommend starting with the first, Ursula and then Lotte.
March 21, 2022
I just love this series and these amazing sisters. Anna has a rock-solid will. She has agreed to continuously endure a horrific experience again and again in order to save her sister.
This book had so many ups and downs, along with some very tough decisions to be made. I thoroughly enjoyed it and all that it made me think about and consider.
The way it ended definitely has me wanting to dive into the next book in the series.
This book had so many ups and downs, along with some very tough decisions to be made. I thoroughly enjoyed it and all that it made me think about and consider.
The way it ended definitely has me wanting to dive into the next book in the series.
February 3, 2021
Anna’s story isn’t as great as Lotte’s and Ursala’s but the continuous theme of finding your soul during a soulless era while pursuing your dream career is an interesting story I hadn’t read before. I’m happy with the way the story ended for her but I wish there was more inner turmoil earlier on in the book rather than waiting until the story is half way through.
February 18, 2021
I absolutely love this series! In fact, I couldn't put this book down.
September 13, 2021
This is the third of the three books in Marion Kummerow’s WWII - War Girls trilogy. The novels are based on the females of one family after all the men have gone to war and each novel is written from the point of view of only one sister. In this one it is Anna, the middle sister,, who is the main character. Despite the subject matter, I enjoy books written about war from the perspective of the females left behind who needed to go on with their lives, struggle to survive, take on new home and work challenges and deal with how war, and the treatment of people during it, as well as their own wartime actions, affect them. In this series the family is German, initially supportive of Hitler’s regime, but then secretly and quietly resistant to it The trilogy should really be read in order as it is essentially one long book divided into three shorter novels. All of them deal with how ordinary women could take action to assist others. To me, War Girl Anna had the weakest plot of the three novels but as a trilogy it is a good read about average young German women who hid their anti Nazi beliefs and did what they could to help others during the war.
December 28, 2017
An inside look
This book had one really nasty villain as well several who rationalized evil in the name of the greater good. Anna had ambition, but also a conscience, and she faced choices where the two came in conflict. I thought the author did a good job of developing her characters, keeping the suspense high, and resolving the issues. Definitely a worthwhile book to read about the challenges faced by everyday Germans during World War Two.
This book had one really nasty villain as well several who rationalized evil in the name of the greater good. Anna had ambition, but also a conscience, and she faced choices where the two came in conflict. I thought the author did a good job of developing her characters, keeping the suspense high, and resolving the issues. Definitely a worthwhile book to read about the challenges faced by everyday Germans during World War Two.
December 31, 2017
Love conquers
Anna finds love with Peter while finding her true way . Another great book in the War girl series. Definitely a page turner holding your interest from the first page to the last.
Anna finds love with Peter while finding her true way . Another great book in the War girl series. Definitely a page turner holding your interest from the first page to the last.
July 6, 2018
Good story
Good story. A little light and could of had more character development.. it ended really quick. Trying the next one.
Good story. A little light and could of had more character development.. it ended really quick. Trying the next one.
October 24, 2023
4.0 3rd book in this series and Anna is the third sister whop is serving as a nurse in the prison camp of Ravensbruk and is forced to become a slave to the Dr she works with. This Dr knows that she helped her sister escape and can have her executed if its his will. Anna finds herself an opportunity to get out of the camp and work with a Dr on the tuberculosis vaccine. Anna faces danger every day but meets a man who is a driver for the Dr who befriends her and they find they have a lot in common. At home Ursula is with the mother and is hiding the fact that she is pregnant with the child of the British airman she helped hide. Lottie is planning on doing her part against the Nazis now she has a new identity.
April 24, 2025
Great story, is was believable and historically accurate. I am enjoying reading about this family and how they survived the war years. Each book in the series can stand alone so they can be read on their own. But I’m enjoying reading about each person in turn. This book is Anna’s story: a trained nurse; a nurse in a concentration camp; blackmailed into becoming a mistress; a medical researcher and finally courted by another whom she married. This book sees her in the depths of despair right through to the joy of being married to someone who is loving, caring and strong. A man who finally treats her as an equal.
Heading on to read book 5 now and looking forward to the next piece of the jigsaw - the story of Richard, Anna’s brother.
Loving every minute of the story.
Heading on to read book 5 now and looking forward to the next piece of the jigsaw - the story of Richard, Anna’s brother.
Loving every minute of the story.
September 6, 2020
Loved this book! The third in the series, Anna is the middle of 3 sisters during WWII. She has given up so much to save her younger, and very outspoken, sister Lotte. While Anna wants to be a bacteriologist, that is not a suitable career for women of the times. So she becomes a nurse in hopes of achieving her goal. Opportunities present themselves and she has decisions to make. But the moral and ethical decisions are colored by the Nazis.
What I love about this book is that it doesn’t sugar coat the evil that happened during WWII, but makes it real. The things that happened during the war need to never be forgotten so they never happen again.
What I love about this book is that it doesn’t sugar coat the evil that happened during WWII, but makes it real. The things that happened during the war need to never be forgotten so they never happen again.
May 16, 2025
Anna is finally living her dream job working as a biologist in a large hospital in Berlin. Her supervisor, Professor Scherer, has her working on a vaccine to cure tuberculosis. Unfortunately, Anna finds out that each of testing vials is being used on children who have no hope of survival. The professor has a driver, Peter, who is attracted to Anna, but after Dr. Tretter, Anna has a difficult time with Peter. But things aren’t always as they seem. Anna and her family try the best to keep it all together but it gets harder as the Allies are now bombing Berlin on a regular basis. Even though this could be a stand alone book, reading the other books bring context to this one.
February 11, 2019
Marion Kummerow's works never fail to deliver. Once again, another intriguing war story about someone torn between loyalty to their country and their ideals: doing what's right. Although this is a stand-alone book, the characters in it can be seen in other books. Marion's writing is easy-reading with enough twists and turns to keep the pages turning quickly. If you have several 'me' hours and want to disappear into another time and place, you might want to find a comfortable spot, open up and dive into this book.
March 28, 2021
Anna sacrifices just about everything to save her youngest sister from a concentration camp. Witnessing not only the horrors of the camp but the brutal rape of an SS man, the doctor she works under. When an opportunity to leave the camp and work in Berlin and in the field she desires to study she grabs it. As Berlin is being bombed Anna discovers the horror the nazis are committing against their own. A secret they wish buried from their own people and the world. War Girl Anna is Marion Kummerow's third in the war girls series.
April 15, 2021
Another big hit!
This story continues the sorrow and happiness of the Klausen girls.This time the story focuses on Anna. She was a nurse in the camp where her younger sister had been held, then received a job offer working in Berlin. The story goes on with her working as an assistant to the scientist she had admired. Then she falls heavily for Peter, her boss's driver, who has a secret life himself.
Read Ms. Kummerow works to get a real life feel for how people lived, died and survived through the worst time in our histoty.
This story continues the sorrow and happiness of the Klausen girls.This time the story focuses on Anna. She was a nurse in the camp where her younger sister had been held, then received a job offer working in Berlin. The story goes on with her working as an assistant to the scientist she had admired. Then she falls heavily for Peter, her boss's driver, who has a secret life himself.
Read Ms. Kummerow works to get a real life feel for how people lived, died and survived through the worst time in our histoty.
August 10, 2019
Help me!!
Three books into the series and this author is going to be the death of me! I’m glued to her books and neglecting my research. If you knew me you’d know this is a big deal.
One of the things I haven’t mentioned before is the dialogue. It isn’t actually jarring, it is a little odd at first, but think of speaking to a German and it makes perfect listening sense. I can ‘hear’ the accent.
Read this series. Get Book 1 now.
I’m off to Book 4. ❤️
Three books into the series and this author is going to be the death of me! I’m glued to her books and neglecting my research. If you knew me you’d know this is a big deal.
One of the things I haven’t mentioned before is the dialogue. It isn’t actually jarring, it is a little odd at first, but think of speaking to a German and it makes perfect listening sense. I can ‘hear’ the accent.
Read this series. Get Book 1 now.
I’m off to Book 4. ❤️
March 29, 2020
Another superb story
I really love reading Marion's War Girls stories and this is a wonderful story that I was hooked on from page one. A wonderfully descriptive story that takes the reader into the concentration camps of Germany and into the Charite hospital in Berlin. Highly recommend this story.
I really love reading Marion's War Girls stories and this is a wonderful story that I was hooked on from page one. A wonderfully descriptive story that takes the reader into the concentration camps of Germany and into the Charite hospital in Berlin. Highly recommend this story.
May 9, 2020
Sacrifice And Sisterhood
This series has me spellbound. Intrigue, suspense and emotion are woven by a masterful storyteller. The historical context and content, even with the atrocities are stories that must be written and told. I recommend this book to those who who wish to read historical novels while following the lives of these courageous women.
This series has me spellbound. Intrigue, suspense and emotion are woven by a masterful storyteller. The historical context and content, even with the atrocities are stories that must be written and told. I recommend this book to those who who wish to read historical novels while following the lives of these courageous women.
April 10, 2021
Good read. It captured my attention enough to read it in a single day.
Marion Kummerlow has written a good drama series on WW2 from German females (family related) perspective. I read the first 4 and enjoyed them to varying degrees. She interweaves very heavy moral dilemmas with life threatening choices within the backdrop of a frightening and cruel military police state.
In War Girl Anna there are elements (as in all, to varying degrees) that I’ll refer to as ‘I’m not the intended audience’, however, it’s not overdone in my opinion. Anna’s start is presented as turn the other cheek-ish comfortable but progressively gets filled with greater and greater difficulties and hard choices as the book goes on. The writing and story itself definitely allows you to wonder ‘what would I do’. The choice is easy sitting on your couch reading a book. It’s much less so if you put yourself in her position where your life can easily be taken away, not quickly but painfully so. I think Marion Kummerlow’s writing allows you to do this.
As an avid reader of WW2 history, it was especially good to see it presented from the civilian female perspective.
Marion Kummerlow has written a good drama series on WW2 from German females (family related) perspective. I read the first 4 and enjoyed them to varying degrees. She interweaves very heavy moral dilemmas with life threatening choices within the backdrop of a frightening and cruel military police state.
In War Girl Anna there are elements (as in all, to varying degrees) that I’ll refer to as ‘I’m not the intended audience’, however, it’s not overdone in my opinion. Anna’s start is presented as turn the other cheek-ish comfortable but progressively gets filled with greater and greater difficulties and hard choices as the book goes on. The writing and story itself definitely allows you to wonder ‘what would I do’. The choice is easy sitting on your couch reading a book. It’s much less so if you put yourself in her position where your life can easily be taken away, not quickly but painfully so. I think Marion Kummerlow’s writing allows you to do this.
As an avid reader of WW2 history, it was especially good to see it presented from the civilian female perspective.
July 13, 2025
This series is good and I have enjoyed them. They always seem to end on a semi cliffhanger which, if you are like me, easily intrigued, you will have to read the next one! The cost of the books is the only thing putting me off. They seem to get more expensive the further along the series you go. The store was good and it’s an easy quick read that I have enjoyed.
December 12, 2020
I loved this book, it smoothly continued on from the previous book but also could be read as a stand alone. It’s fast paced and gripping but also not too heavy of the mind which sometimes is what we all need. Overall a very good book and a very good series :)
September 25, 2021
Compelling
My last book of the Klausen sisters. I could not wait to read what happened with Anna. Rife with drama, love, tragedy, more drama, more love. Love concurs all even in the horrendous times of that monster, Adolph Hitler. I cannot wait to read Reluctant Informer.
My last book of the Klausen sisters. I could not wait to read what happened with Anna. Rife with drama, love, tragedy, more drama, more love. Love concurs all even in the horrendous times of that monster, Adolph Hitler. I cannot wait to read Reluctant Informer.
October 9, 2021
Gripping storyline
Really enjoyed this and the other way girl books, they all link but you can read individually or all together. I would recommend this to anyone who loves war stories.
Really enjoyed this and the other way girl books, they all link but you can read individually or all together. I would recommend this to anyone who loves war stories.
February 26, 2022
I JUST LOVE THIS SERIES OF BOOKS.THE CHARACTERS GIVE YOU AN UPCLOSE AND IMMERSIVE LOOK INTO WHAT IS WAS LIKE TO LIVE AND JUST EXIST IN PERHAPS ONE OF THE WORSE PERIODS IN HISTORY.YOU HOLD YOUR BREATH AS YOU WAIT TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT.YOU NEED TO READ THESE BOOKS.
October 3, 2019
Following on from Lotte's story..Anna is a nurse but wants so much more for her life..sort of enjoying this series as I am now reading Richards story..
May 25, 2021
So great! I love how real the characters feel.
September 15, 2021
A good quick read, but not a lot of depth.
January 30, 2022
A super resd
Yet another great book about a very sad time. Marion gives a glimpse into the lives of those who had the courage to resist evil.
Yet another great book about a very sad time. Marion gives a glimpse into the lives of those who had the courage to resist evil.
February 23, 2022
Loved everything about this book!! Love reading about WWII, even though this was fiction; some of this based on true events. A must read
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