The German Next Door

Gosia Nealon

Jan 2026 · Bolinda · Narrated by Camilla Rockley

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Poland, 1943. 'We owe you our lives.' The elderly woman clasps my hands before climbing the attic ladder to hide with her family. I am filled with anger, sadness and fear, but I can't give in to my tears now. Not when this isn't the only secret I'm keeping from the German soldiers next door ... When German soldiers take over the neighbouring farm in her little village, Aneta tries to pretend life with her four-year-old son, Janek, is continuing as normal. No one can ever know about the Jewish doctor's family she's hiding. But when a blue-eyed lieutenant knocks on her door, they are all in terrible danger. Because the soldier, Johann, is Janek's father. And he has no idea. If he knew, he would take Aneta's precious son away forever. With the German presence setting Aneta's tiny town on edge, can Aneta keep the Jewish family a secret when so many eyes are on them? Will she be able to protect her son and make sure they all survive?

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Gosia Nealon is an award-winning author of 20th century historical fiction. While she is a proud New Yorker, Nealon was born and raised in Poland. Her award-winning short stories have always delved into life’s biggest questions, but it was the drama, sacrifice, and tragedy of WWII that led her to pen her debut novel The Last Sketch, which won a gold medal in the Europe – Best Regional Fiction category of the 2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY). Since then she has published six more WWII novels, including three in The Secret Resistance series, as well as The German Next Door, The Wartime Chocolate Maker, and her latest The Codebreaker Girl (2025).

Camilla Rockley is a London-based voice actor and singer who graduated from Birmingham School of Acting with a First Class Honours in 2007. Camilla has performed on stage and screen, and is known for her role on the Adventures of Zeze Zebra. She has also narrated a number of audiobooks, including The Little Book of Gratitude by Dr Robert A. Emmons and The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James.

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