A homeless man, who&#39;s struggling to survive a freezing, rainy night in the desert, recalls how the Nazis gave his grandfather the choice of death or helping them discover who murdered three SS men in Prague. He relives how his connection to it upended his life.Blending memoir and fiction with an unconquerable pursuit of hope, Last Jew in Prague is about lifting yourself up when all you want to do is keep falling.The story guided me above the bottom that I had fallen through. It inspired me forward.I hope you find it as inspiring.You can read my books at https://colinjcohen.github.io.

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The preface of the novel. A novel that you can also read by downloading the free eBook at https://colinjcohen.github.io.

Preface

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Hermann receives an unexpected guest at Theresienstadt concentration camp.

Chapter One: A Pair of Nights

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A young SS officer finds the tables turned on him in a synagogue late at night.

Chapter Two: When a Predator Becomes Prey

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Hermann relives the promise that’s standing between him and death.

Chapter Three: A Promise Unsaid

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Hermann must face the music as he leaves the concentration camp.

Chapter Four: Smetana in Theresienstadt

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Hermann returns to Prague as well as to his first trip there.

Chapter Five: The Envy of Every Woman

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A mysterious woman investigates the cause of an open synagogue door at dawn.

Chapter Six: The Woman in the Yellow Shawl

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Hermann reexperiences his first encounter with Klaus and his first glances of Ana.

Chapter Seven: A Spark of Aspiration

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A former colleague surprisingly awaits Hermann when he arrives at SS headquarters.

Chapter Eight: An Unexpected Kindness

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Hermann learns the details about the case and not all of them make sense.

Chapter Nine: Dreaming of Knaidels

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Hermann collects the first clues about the murderer, and he finds leads to some more.

Chapter Ten: The Café Across from Jáchym Street

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Hermann returns to his old apartment and to memories both good and bad.

Chapter Eleven: The Pickle Jar by the Window

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Klaus must confront his demons along with both his past and present.

Chapter Twelve: It Happened on Kant Street

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Hermann learns that the Maisel Synagogue has had a visitor overnight.

Chapter Thirteen: A Door Ajar

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Hermann meets Klaus’s beguiling Nazi girlfriend Gertrud.

Chapter Fourteen: Out of a Wagnerian Opera

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Hermann and Klaus discover clues outside the Spanish Synagogue and follow them.

Chapter Fifteen: The Stomping Feet

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An encounter with a homeless woman shows there’s more to Gertrud than meets the eye.

Chapter Sixteen: A Mirror Reflecting Time

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Hermann and Klaus find more questions than answers in the Spanish Synagogue.

Chapter Seventeen: The Book of Creation

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Hermann and Klaus visit the Klausen synagogue, which has become a Nazi museum.

Chapter Eighteen: The Exhibition of Extinct Peoples

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Hermann returns to his first night with Klaus and Ana.

Chapter Nineteen: Their Own Triple Entente

More Than a Novel

A homeless man, who's struggling to survive a freezing, rainy night in the desert, recalls how the Nazis gave his grandfather the choice of death or helping them discover who murdered three SS men in Prague. He relives how his connection to it upended his life.

Blending memoir and fiction with an unconquerable pursuit of hope, Last Jew in Prague is about lifting yourself up when all you want to do is keep falling.

The story guided me above the bottom that I had fallen through. It inspired me forward.

I hope you find it as inspiring.

You can read my books at https://colinjcohen.github.io.