As World War II threatens, a young German boy resolves to use all his courage to fight for his beloved fatherland. Yet heroism and comradeship cannot save Adam von Saloman from the growing realisation that the Nazi party he has sworn to serve is founded on evil and immorality. At the end of the war, his country shattered, his friends betrayed, his parents dead and the love of his life gone, he devotes his life to study and learning. But fate has an extraordinary twist in store... The Cloth Elephant is an ingenious and stirring tale of fascism and bravery, loyalty and love.