A tragic family story and the tale of a great love that leads back to Nazi Germany. The new major historical novel by bestselling author Charlotte Roth. The elegant Baltic resort of Sopot near Gdansk in the 1920s. Here, exuberant zest for life and carefree summer days prevail. The four friends Lore, Gundi, Julius, and Erik entertain the spa guests with lively rhythms and catchy melodies, dreaming of a breakthrough as musicians. Soon, they actually find success, sailing the seas on the luxury ship Wilhelm Gustloff—while ignoring that times have long since changed. Gundi falls in love with the singer Tadek, but then Hitler invades Poland, and Tadek joins the resistance against the Nazi occupiers: Is this the end of a great love?.