Daniel Finkelstein's grandfather, Alfred Wiener, was a German Jewish intellectual leader who tolled an early warning of the impending Holocaust and became an archivist of Nazi crimes. Finkelstein tells of two families uprooted by war, their incredible suffering in Hitler's and Stalin's camps, and the near-miraculous survival, rescue and meeting of the his parents. This is a page-turning account of ingenuity, bravery, and the incredible coincidences. Features secret archives, forgery and theft, and sweeps across Europe to show the expanse of the war.
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