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When a group of German POWs visits her father's department store, Patricia meets Fredrick Anton Reiker, a rifleman who comes from Göttingen, but is half-English. His English-educated father is a professor of history who gets into trouble for making fun of Hitler in lectures.
- Bette Greene
- 1973
Anton (Frederick Anton Reiker) Patty protects this German soldier of the title when he escapes from his prison camp. He is described as learned and is opposed to the Nazi regime. He used to be a medical student and his father was a university professor of history (and was reprimanded for ridiculing Hitler).
When a group of German prisoners of war arrives in Jenkinsville, Patty unexpectedly forms a bond with one of the soldiers, Anton Reiker, leading to a series of life-altering events. Plot Overview and Setting.
When the train brings in a group of German soldiers, Patty goes to witness their arrival. The POWs are later brought into her parents’ store to purchase hats since they are being put to work to picking cotton, and Patty meets Frederick Anton Reiker. Anton is the only one of the Germans who speaks English, and he translates for the others ...
Patty is at the counter, and he introduces himself to her. His name is Frederick Anton Reiker. Besides the stationery, he also buys a piece of costume jewelry, seemingly on a whim.
Mar 27, 2024 · When the prisoners are brought into the Bergen family’s store to buy hats to protect them from the sun, Patty converses with one of them, Anton Reiker. He impresses her as kind and charming. After Anton escapes from the camp, Patty conceals him from search parties.
Then she meets Anton Reiker, an inmate in the camp. Even though he fought against the Allies, Anton seems to understand Patty in a way even her parents never have. When Anton escapes from the camp, Patty risks everything to keep him safe—but following her heart may come at a terrible price.
