Victor Nameless: Torn Apart by War, Reunited by a Miracle, Two Lovers Triumph Against All Odds

"Victor Nameless is an impressive novel, suspenseful from beginning to end, a tale that will preoccupy my mind and heart for a long time."
>"Two lovers searching for freedom and for each other. An incredible true story of survival of the human spirit."
>"Just when you think you've read every last account of the Holocaust, along comesVictor Nameless, a heartrending, beautifully narrated story about a survivor."
>A true story of love, hope against all odds, and redemption, set against the horrors of the second World War, the Holocaust, and the drama of refugees. Victor, a young German-Jewish musician, falls in love with Tatyana, a beautiful Jewish photographer from Yugoslavia. Unable to stay together, they promise to carry a torch for each other. Victor, fleeing eastward from the Nazis, is sucked deep into the Soviet Union. Without papers, without a name, he survives prisons and labor camps and ends up a forgotten refugee. The sole companion on his odyssey is a simple flute.

Tatyana joins the partisans in Yugoslavia and flees to Italy. She lives in Venice inperilous disguise as a non-Jew, refusing the safety of marriage because of her love for Victor. She is ultimately betrayed and deported to Auschwitz. When Victor finally gets to the West and is sent to a recovery facility in Meran, Italy, he recognizes Tatyana at the window of a neighboring sanatorium.

How can these two refugees preserve their love after so much trauma? Everything is now in the balance: will their hope hold its promise?

Gabriella Mautner is an award-winning author and Holocaust survivor. She taught creative writing at San Francisco State University and the Fromm Institute for thirty-four years. Her novels are Out of a Season, Lovers and Fugitives, and Addio Positano. Her memoir, The Good Place, was published in Germany and the US. She is a recipient of a Milley Award from the city of Mill Valley for literary achievements.