For Such a Time

{{Short description|2014 Novel by Kate Breslin}}

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|name=For Such a Times

|author=Kate Breslin

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|caption=First edition

|published=2014

|language=English

|country=United States

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|publisher=Bethany House Publishers

|pages=432

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For Such a Time is the 2014 debut novel by Kate Breslin.[http://www.newsweek.com/bizarre-nazi-love-story-thats-tearing-romance-novel-community-apart-360965 Newsweek]{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/book-about-a-jew-falling-in-love-with-a-nazi-sparks-outrage-after-awards-nominations-10448635.html|title=Book about a Jew falling in love with a Nazi sparks outrage|first=Jess|last=Denham|date=10 August 2015|work=The Independent|accessdate=11 August 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/10/jew-loves-nazi-holocaust-romance-award-nominations|title=When a Jew loves a Nazi: Holocaust romance's award listings cause outrage|date=10 August 2015|first=Alison|last=Flood|work=The Guardian|accessdate=11 August 2015}}

The novel was considered controversial because of its subject matter of a Jewish woman falling in love with the head of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II and then converting to Christianity.[http://www.timesofisrael.com/novel-on-nazi-jewish-affair-roils-romance-lit-world/ The Times of Israel]{{Cite web |url=http://www.novelcrossing.com/news/featured-review-time-kate-breslin-20380 |title=Novelcrossing.com |access-date=2015-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815022414/http://www.novelcrossing.com/news/featured-review-time-kate-breslin-20380 |archive-date=2015-08-15 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.bustle.com/articles/102841-for-such-a-time-christian-romance-novel-about-nazi-concentration-camp-prisoner-couple-earns-award Bustle][http://flavorwire.com/531367/nazi-inmate-romance-novel-inspires-outcry-soul-searching-in-romance-world Flavorwire]

Plot

In 1944, a blonde-haired and blue-eyed Jewish woman, Hadassah Benjamin, is saved from a firing squad and forced into service by Colonel Aric von Schmidt of the SS. At a military camp in Czechoslovakia, Hadassah hides behind a false identity in order to survive as Colonel Aric’s secretary.

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