Product Description: Hans Frankenthal's memoir relates the life-story of a German Jew who returned to his hometown after Auschwitz. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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The author, daughter of a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother, describes her family's experiences under Hitler's infamous Nuremberg laws, and includes a collection of vignettes that resulted from the publication of her first book. (view table of contents)

Born into a middle-class doctor's family, Ruth Lilienstein was raised in Hamburg, studied law, and found herself drawn toward the ideals of the Communist Party. When Hitler came to power she had to flee because of her political activism, not because she was Jewish. She settled in Holland, where she worked for the Swiss consul, continuing vital work helping many refugees getting out of Europe, fix their passports, and hide their families. After the war, she returned to Hamburg and with her husband started one of the most respected literary agencies in the world. A story of a life of commitment, idealism, and courage, Maybe Luck Isn't Just Chance is a compelling and engrossing tale.