Dancing in the Darkness

From Hollywood dreams to Nazi nightmares- the truth Sally Faulkner kept buried from the world for decades. Found after her death, Sally's manuscript unveils one of Hollywood's most shocking untold stories. Dancing in the Darkness documents the story of an ambitious young filmmaker, dreaming of Hollywood stardom in 1938 who becomes intertwined with the Nazi propaganda machine during the Second World War A chance meeting with Leni Riefenstahl changes Sally's life forever. Swept from the sets of Gone with the Wind to Berlin's Babelsberg Studios, Sally finds herself descending into the black heart of the Third Reich. Working under the infamous Goebbels, she witnesses the horrors of Nazi Germany firsthand. From the ?ód? ghetto to visiting Hitler's Berghof, her ambition blinds her to the evil around her, until a doomed love affair brings devastating awakening. But this is only the start of Sally's story. Returning to America as a suspected Nazi sympathiser, Sally fights to rebuild her shattered reputation and career. A chance of redemption leads Sally back to Hollywood, creating Allied propaganda films, preparing evidence for the Nuremberg Trials, whilst confronting the gravity of her complicity in one of history's greatest evils. Raw, honest, and unforgettable- a memoir of eyewitness testimony, personal confession and moral reckoning. Written only for herself, Sally's unflinching account highlights the moral complexity of wartime collaboration, whilst offering a deeply human story of ambition, love, awakening and the possibility of redemption. The result is a memoir that serves as a testament to the human capacity of darkness and light. An essential read for those seeking to understand the human cost of one of history's darkest chapters.