10: A new place to hide Oscar Sladek The old gentleman and his son leave the group as does a young partisan woman. The other six—the Štaub family, including Frici with his broken leg, and the Polish family, parents and daughter—set out to find a new place to hide in...
9: A Christmas encounter with the Nazis Oscar Sladek On December 25, 1944, one of their partisan friends rushes into the cabin and announces that the Nazis have begun a systematic search of the mountains—they may find the cabin and its inhabitants that very day. Some...
8: Escape to the Tatra Mountains Oscar Sladek Under cover of darkness, the Štaubs set off into the woods with the guidance of a local partisan boy. They hike into the Tatra mountains towards a shepherd’s cabin in the woods. Oscar notices other groups hiking not far...
7: The peasants and the partisans Oscar Sladek Through Judge Šolc, the Štaubs have been supplied with fake baptismal certificates giving them new, Christian identities and the new surname "Štamba." However, Irene and Frici fear that they will be recognized in Prešov...
6: Hungary welcomes the Nazis Oscar Sladek In 1943, the winds of war are changing. The German army has been forced to retreat after the bitter, months-long siege of Stalingrad ended in a stinging defeat in February. Now the Soviet Red Army is advancing westward. In...
