Rafael Coimbra

Veruska Rafael Coimbra

Veruska is the story of a young Czech woman, Vera (Veruska) born in the small Czechoslovakian town of Vysoke nad Jeserou. When she was eight years old her domineering father, Vladimir, announced that they were moving in with Babushka, Vera's grandmother, to manage the family transportation business. That was the year the war started, followed by the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. Prague became the "Fourth City of the Third Reich". Vladimir, who worked as the Head Surgeon at the General Hospital, was able to shelter his family from the German atrocities. Readers will find themselves engrossed in this suspenseful story of how Veruska and her Czech family manage to elude Nazi terrors only to endure the hardships and cruelty of Communist domination. Veruska never imagined that life would change so quickly when she decides to leave everything behind. Will she try to swim across the Danube River to reach Austria? Or will Inspector Podebrad arrest her when he captures her guide? Three men risking everything to be with the woman they love. Marek, Veruska's best friend while growing up in Kladno, goes in hiding after Hitler demands the Nazi police to hunt down and kill anyone involved on Operation Anthropoid. Harold, the second man in Veruska's life, is forced to move away, when his father who is the Ambassador of Brazil is transferred to Rome. Stephan, leader of the underground movement falsely accused of planting a car bomb that killed two Russian soldiers he decides to take refuge to another country. Who will give up his dream to pursue the woman he loves? Who will risk his life to be with the woman he loves? Who will risk his freedom to be with the woman he loves? Veruska's death-defying adventures will keep readers engaged until the very end. Web site: www.veruska.net