The prosecutor : one man's battle to bring Nazis to justice /
The powerful true story of a Jewish lawyer who returned to Germany after World War II to prosecute war crimes, only to find himself pitted against a nation determined to bury the past.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Crown,
[2025]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: |
WW2
> WAR CRIMES
> NAZIS
> WWII
> TRUE CRIME
> AUSCHWITZ
> LGBTQ
> ADOLF HITLER
> GERMANY
> PROSECUTOR
> WORLD HISTORY
> JUSTICE
> JEWISH
> ESPIONAGE
> JEWS
> MURDERERS
> HOLOCAUST
> NAZI
> KILLERS
> LGBT
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| Summary: | The powerful true story of a Jewish lawyer who returned to Germany after World War II to prosecute war crimes, only to find himself pitted against a nation determined to bury the past. "At the end of the Nuremberg Trials in 1946, some of the greatest war criminals in history were sentenced to death, but hundreds of thousands of Nazi murderers and collaborators remained at large. The Allies were ready to overlook their pasts as the Cold War began, and the horrors of the Holocaust were in danger of being forgotten. In The Prosecutor, Jack Fairweather brings to life the remarkable story of Fritz Bauer, a gay, Jewish judge from Stuttgart who survived the Nazis and made it his mission to force his countrymen to confront their complicity in the genocide. In this deeply researched book, Fairweather draws on unpublished family papers, newly declassified German records, and exclusive interviews to immerse readers in the shadowy, unfamiliar world of postwar West Germany, where those who implemented genocide still ran the country; where the CIA funded Hitler's former spy ring in the East; and where Nazi-era anti-gay laws remained strictly enforced. But once Bauer landed on the trail of wanted war criminal Adolf Eichmann, he wouldn't be intimidated. His journey took him deep into the dark heart of West Germany, where his fight for justice would set him against his own government and a network of former Nazis and spies bent on silencing him. In a time when the history of the Holocaust is taken for granted, The Prosecutor reveals the courtroom battles that were fought to establish its legacy and the personal cost of speaking out. The result is a searing portrait of a nation emerging from the ruins of fascism and one man's courage in forcing his people -- and the world -- to face the truth" -- |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 478 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Awards: | NJBA: Biography & Autobiography. Winner, 2025 ; NYTB Main Reviews Non-fiction Trade, 2025 ; TLSR Main Reviews Non-fiction Trade, 2025 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-461) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780593238943 059323894X |