The Amber Thread: A Candid Account of Survival in Nazi Berlin

“If you’re going to leave—then until six in the morning. At six, the Gestapo comes…”

Berlin, 1943. After the arrest of her relatives, Margo is left completely alone. To avoid dying, she disappears into the city: stays the night with strangers, uses other names, agrees to an operation, changes her appearance, and repeatedly dyes her hair.

For two years, Margo is forced to live, constantly slipping away from death.

“Take care of yourself” is a mother’s prayer written on a scrap of paper—and the last words that help her keep going. This is a true story told for one purpose: so that the nightmare she endured will never be repeated again.