Shadows in Paradise

For many refugees, America seemed like a promised land — free from war and poverty. Journalist Robert Ross has survived the horrors of the Nazi regime by hiding in a museum in Brussels. Now he finds himself in New York, finally able to breathe freely — but unsure how to start over.

He is not alone. Around him, other European exiles — doctors, artists, models, actors — struggle to rebuild their lives. Some drown their pain in alcohol, others throw themselves into work. Some keep fighting, while others surrender.

Each bears the mark of loss, longing, and displacement. Shadows in Paradise is Remarque’s moving portrayal of lives haunted by war, yet flickering with the hope of redemption and new beginnings.