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A true love story from the darkest time of East Germany: Bestselling author Hera Lind tells in her factual novel "Time to Forgive" about an unimaginable betrayal, a harrowing time in an East German prison, and the power of true love.

When Clara and Viktor meet in the summer of 1965, they are unaware that they had previously encountered each other as toddlers at a tragic location and survived only thanks to their incredibly brave mothers. The two young people sense that they have found true love in each other. But now there is East and West. They risk everything and attempt to escape from East Germany, which leads to an unspeakable catastrophe: Clara is denounced and ends up in the notorious women's prison Hoheneck. There, a few months later, she gives birth to her son under terrible circumstances and has to fight for her baby's survival on a straw bed on the bare concrete floor for months. Without a word, her child is eventually taken away from her. Yet deep in Clara's heart, the power of true love remains unbroken. And Viktor has never given up on her all these years.

The true story of Clara and Viktor: Heart-wrenching and poignant, bestselling author Hera Lind shares a fate that affected thousands during the post-war period and later in East Germany.