The book tells a story of a hatmaker who is Jewish and falls in love with Walter on the eve of World War II . The story follows their lives before and during the war , starting from 1938 when the Germans occupy Austria , and ending with the defeat of Germany by the Allies in 1945 . During the war , she also dates another character , Pepi , ending her relationship with him as best friends . When the Germans invade her homeland , Austria , she emigrates to Czechoslovakia after they establish Kristallnacht , a series of anti-Jewish pogroms . Later on , she and Walter meet in Prague , the capital of Czechoslovakia , and obtain visas to Liverpool , England . There , Walter is detained and sent to an internment camp where he remained until the end of the war . After his release , Trudi marries Walter and he lives for 15 more years
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Some Girls, Some Hats and Hitler