Yola Paperback - 2009

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THE DRAMATIC, PAGE-TURNING, TRUE-LIFE STORY OF THE AUTHOR AND TWO OF HER FRIENDS UNDER THE BRUTAL NAZI REGIME KEEPS THE READER IN SUSPENSE. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR AN ILL-FATED LOVE STORY UNFOLDS. AT THE END OF THE WAR, YOLA IS THE LONE SURVIVOR AND BEGINS A NEW LIFE IN HOLLYWOOD. A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE TAKES HER AND HER HUSBAND AND THREE CHILDREN BACK TO GERMANY TO SHARE FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION THROUGH CHRIST WITH GERMAN YOUNG PEOPLE. AFTER THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND SHE RETURNS TO THE U.S.A. AN INVITATION TO START A NEW MISSIONARY OUTREACH TO SECULAR WOMEN TAKES HER BACK TO GERMANY. AS A NATIONAL BOARD MEMBER OF THE FASTEST GROWING MISSIONARY ORGANIZATION AND AN INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER SHE TRAVELS THOUGHOUT THE GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES AND PUBLISHES FOURTEEN BOOKS IN GERMAN. IN 2008 SHE IS HONORED BY THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT WITH THE HIGH ORDER OF BUNDESVERDIENSTKREUZ FOR HER 50 YEARS OF VOLUNTEER PUBLIC SERVICE. THIS IS HER LIFE STORY IN ENGLISH REQUESTED BY THE MANY FRIENDS WHO FOLLOWED HER ADVENTUROUS AND EXCITING LIFE OVER THE YEARS. YOLANDA ENTZ WAS BORN IN BERLIN, GERMANY. AFTER ADOLF HITLER TOOK OVER, HER FATHER, BEING JEWISH EMIGRATED TO AMERICA. UNDER THE NAZI'S RACIAL LAWS YOLA WAS DESTINED FOR THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS BUT ESCAPED BY HIDING. NINE YEARS LATER IN 1947 THE FAMILY WAS REUNITED IN THE USA. SHE WAS MARRIED IN 1948 AND TOGETHER WITH HER HUSBAND SAM LEFT FOR GERMANY IN 1959, WHERE THEY WORKED AS MISSIONARIES TILL HER HUSBAND'S DEATH IN 1985. SHE RETURNED TO CALIFORNIA. THREE YEARS LATER SHE WAS INVITED TO START A NEW WORK IN GERMANY. SHE DIVIDES HER TIME BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND KOBLENZ, GERMANY, DOING WHAT SHE LIKES BEST, SHARING THE GOOD NEWS WITH SEARCHING AND HURTING PEOPLE.