The Paris Architect: A Novel by Charles Belfoure

It was 1942 and, in Nazi occupied Paris, architect Lucien Bernard would do anything to get a chance to build the many buildings he imagines.  Soon he finds two clients. One, a powerful member of the Nazi occupation, offers him the chance to help built the new Germany in France.  Lucien only needs to betray his country.  The other offers a great deal of money for Lucien to design secret hiding places in Jewish homes.  If caught, he would be killed.  What motivates a person? Money? Loyalty? That which is right? And what are each of us prepared to sacrifice for any of these?  Many stories of personal choice were a part of this horrible history.  This is one of them.