George Blumenthal recalls the extraordinary courage of his mother, who walked to the Gestapo to plead for his father’s release from Buchenwald. It is a story of family, faith, and moral conviction under unimaginable pressure.George Blumenthal recalls the extraordinary courage of his mother, who walked to the Gestapo to plead for his father’s release from Buchenwald. It is a story of family, faith, and moral conviction under unimaginable pressure.