Praised as "excellent" by Jan Markell, speaker, radio host, and co-author of the original memoir, Trapped in Hitler's Hell; and "a powerful novel...and skillfully written" by George Escobar, co-director of the film Alone Yet Not Alone, Beyond the Red Curtain is a fictionalized account of the inspiring true story of Anita Dittman.

Six-year-old Anita Dittman wants nothing more than to please her calloused father. When she begins taking ballet lessons and excelling, she finally has her chance. Perhaps now Papa will be proud of her. But he continues to remain cold and distant. To make matters worse, life in 1930s German is rapidly changing, and because she is a German-Jew, Anita is prohibited from performing. Now that she can no longer perform, who is she beyond the red curtain?

As the years pass, Nazism continues to take the world by a storm and pits the Germans in their family against the Jews, causing Anita to question everything she thought she knew about the bond and love of family.

When everything around her falls apart, will Anita learn to trust the One Who loves her more infinitely than she could ever know?

Photos of Anita provided by George Escobar, director of the documentary, Trapped in Hitler's Hell .

Anita Dittman and Hella Dittman.

From left to right: Hella, Mama, and Anita.

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