Set during the height of , the book begins in Zagreb, where 20-year-old Olga falls in love with Julius. When he is taken, Olga refuses to believe he is lost forever. Her search takes her through Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria, and Germany, eventually leading her to the gates of concentration camps like Dachau and Buchenwald .

: Sacrifice, hope, and the sheer resilience of the human spirit in the face of absolute darkness.

(released in English as A Greater Love ) is a powerful memoir by Olga Watkins , written alongside journalist James Gillespie. It chronicles Olga's harrowing and extraordinary 2,000-mile journey across Nazi-occupied Europe to find her fiancé, Julius, after his arrest by the Gestapo. The Heart of the Story

: Readers often describe it as an "odyssey" or an "adventure story" of real life. While some reviewers found the sheer amount of "luck" Olga encountered hard to believe, many were deeply moved by her unwavering bravery. Where to Read