The S.S. officer's armchair : uncovering the hidden life of a Nazi /

Based on documents discovered concealed within a simple chair for seventy years, this gripping investigation into the life of a single S.S. officer during World War Two encapsulates the tragic experience of a generation of Europeans. One night at a dinner party in Florence, historian Daniel Lee was...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lee, Daniel, 1983- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Hachette Books, [2020]
Edition:	First U.S. edition.
Subjects:	Griesinger, Robert Arnold. Griesinger, Robert Arnold > Family. Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. > Schutzstaffel > Officers. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia > History > 1938-1945. Prague (Czech Republic) > History > 20th century. HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws. HISTORY / Holocaust.

Table of Contents:

List of illustrations and maps
Dramatis Personae
Introduction
A "real" Nazi
Inheriting ideas from the New World
"Zero hour"
The "war-youth" generation
Hollow talk
The SS family
Lebensraum
Stavyshche
Beer bottles
The man on the Bahnhofstrasse
Gisela went out to dance
Epilogue.