By Julia M. Klein
Celebrated singer Vera Gran managed to survive World War II, but it came with a heavy moral cost. A new biography takes a sympathetic view of her alleged collaboration with the Nazis.
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By Julia M. Klein
A new book chronicles the author’s experiences in Auschwitz. It reads with refreshing immediacy, describing how a spirited young girl negotiated increasingly desperate times.
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By Julia M. Klein
Riffing on hard-boiled detective fiction, author Janice Steinberg spins a family mystery set in Los Angeles’s polyglot Boyle Heights community.
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By Julia M. Klein
Even as Germany held a series of war crimes trials, American bureaucrats guarded their secrets. It took a new generation to focus attention on finding Nazis still at large.
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By Julia M. Klein
In writing ‘The Thief of Auschwitz,’ Jon Clinch’s real interest is not in the mystery of inhuman cruelty. He explores the humanity that transcends the horror.
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