Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler

An “ instantly mesmerizing” (Oprah. com) and “ valuable piece of social history” (Chicago Jewish Star)— the astonishing memoir of a “ vivid, tenacious, and absolutely unforgettable” (Bookreporter. com) woman whose courage and resourcefulness kept her and her beloved safe after the Nazis invaded Austria.

Vienna, 1938: Trudi Kanter, stunning and charismatic, is a renowned hat designer for Europe’ s most fashionable women when she falls in love with a handsome businessman. “ We were young and the world was ours, ” she writes. Then, in the blink of an eye, Hitler comes to power and Kanter’ s world collapses. She and her family embark on an incredible journey across Europe, desperate to escape Nazi-occupied Austria.