Black Spider Over Tiegenhof

At first Mennonites Esther and Gerhard Claassen, as well as sons Chris and Hermann (who are in the Hitler Youth), are hopeful about the "New Germany". Because Hitler's cause seems noble, they and other German Mennonites have allowed their traditional commitment to peace to weaken.But soon cold fear clutches Esther's heart. She has already lost one son in a drowning. Now the swastika, the "Black Spider" over Tiegenhof with its awful powers, threatens her family in this suspenseful novel by James D. Yoder.