Hansi the Girl Who Left the Swastika

3.5 stars
I read this in high school and loved the beginning. It's chilling and amazing to read her testimony.

At times it's rough, even violent (seeing her friend violated)...I loved her journey, though, until the ending, which was added to my modern edition. Her moving in with a woman would have been okay if it had not led people to doubt her calling. Roommate situations are fine under the right circumstances...but in leading people to question her motives and doubt her virtue, I find issue with. For someone ministering in the public eye, it is best to walk a very circumspect path to avoid causing shame to God's name. And the home she left to go to that grieved, me, too. From what she told, I was able to jump to a snap judgment that she made the wrong choice: not because I know her or her circumstances, but because the reason given did not seem Godly. I'm sure I'm not the only one, and wish she'd had a better reason for such a huge step, or that she'd made a much different decision.