The Keeper of the Glass House: A WWII Historical Fiction Novel Based on a True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

How can one man save the lives of thousands from total destruction? Budapest 1944. When the Nazis invade Hungary the leaders of the local Jewish community trust that the Hungarian government will protect them from deportation. But Miklós Kraus a young Jewish activist living in Budapest isn’t convinced. After reading a shocking report exposing the atrocities taking place at the Auschwitz concentration camp Kraus is determined to do everything he can to save as many Jews as possible from certain death. Using his cunning and connections with the Swiss consulate Kraus concocts a plan that could save thousands of Jewish families. After the Nazis invade his homeland he secures an old glass factory dubbed “the Glass House ” which becomes a safe haven from the violence raging on the streets of Budapest. As the Nazis become increasingly desperate to expedite their plans and the threat of mass annihilation looms over his daring operation Kraus will ha