The fascinating story of a language known as ‘Rotwelsch’, associated with vagabonds – linked to Yiddish and Romani – that the author learned from his father and uncle. His grandfather, a Nazi, despised it.
The Language of Thieves: The Story of Rotwelsch and One Family’s Secret History
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The author of 'East West Street' examines the life of Otto von Wachter, the SS Governor of Galicia, who was indicted for mass murder in 1945 and went to ground in the Austrian Alps.
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SM's parents were German Jewish refugees; he was raised a Catholic and forbidden to identify as Jewish or German or British. His maternal aunts concealed their origins too and had very diffe... read more
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Focuses on the lives of six individuals and their families who were among the 20 million Germans who never voted for the Nazis. This is an important new assessment of those who had to manage... read more
The Good Germans: Resisting the Nazis, 1933-1945
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On a Greek island in 1977, Calista finds herself working for Billy Wilder on a film. His career is on the wane, and she's a young woman with a lot to learn...
Mr Wilder and Me
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