The Reichsbank Robbery

By: Colin Roderick Fulton

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Synopsis: Historical fact meets heart-stopping action in a World War II thriller full of &“intrigue and fast paced action . . . sure to appeal to fans of wartime fiction&” (Heritage and History). In February 1945, the US Air Force launched the largest daytime bombing offensive against Berlin, dropping over 2,250 tons of bombs on the German capital. Germany&’s state bank—the Reichsbank—received twenty-one direct hits, leaving the building badly damaged and the priceless contents of its vaults at risk. It was just the chance SS accountant Maj. Friedrich Schonewille was waiting for . . . Having never believed in the Fuhrer or the Reich, Schonewille is a man out for himself. Recruiting his own father, brother, and his secret Jewish wife, he concocts a plan to get rich as his homeland falls. First, they&’ll have to get the goods. Then, they&’ll have to stay ahead of the Nazis. Then, they&’ll have to keep from getting captured by either the Allies or Russians. And then all they have to do is not turn on each other . . . In this breakneck, &“visually evocative novel&” Colin Roderick Fulton imagines a scenario that could have easily happened in the dying days of the war (The Historical Novels Review).