In the aftermath of World War II, Anna Weiss struggles to rebuild her life while haunted by a past she cannot fully understand.
As Anna begins to build a new life in America, unanswered questions about her past continue to haunt her. Determined to discover the truth, she must return to the country she thought she had left behind forever.
Who Is Anna Weiss? is a moving story of survival, hidden truths, and the courage to uncover an identity buried by war.
Who Is Anna Weiss?
In the shadow of World War II, a young woman struggles to rebuild her life while haunted by questions about her past.
From a displaced persons camp in Germany to the streets of Brooklyn, Anna Weiss searches for belonging, love, and the truth about who she really is.
But buried secrets threaten everything she believes about herself.
A moving historical novel about survival, identity, and the courage to uncover the truth.
Alan Gurwitz was born in 1947 in a displaced persons camp in Bad Reichenhall, Germany, to Holocaust survivors. In 1949, his family immigrated to the United States, settling in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.
Drawing upon his family’s history and the experiences of those who survived World War II, Gurwitz wrote Who Is Anna Weiss?, a historical novel exploring identity, survival, and the search for belonging.
He now lives in Rochester, New York.
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