A story that delves into the astonishing capture of the Kommandant of Auschwitz Rudolf Höss by his great uncle Lieutenant Hanns Alexander. Shifting between the Middle-Eastern campaigns of WWI to Berlin in the 1920s, the terror of the concentration camps and the trials in Belsen and Nuremberg, this is an extraordinary tale about the enduring quest for justice.
What the critics say…
‘A gripping thriller, an unspeakable crime, an essential history’
‘A compelling book full of unexpected revelations and insights, an authentic addition to our understanding of this dark chapter in European history.’
‘Thomas Harding has shed intriguing new light on the strange poison of Nazism, and one of its most lethal practitioners’
Why do we love it?
This is the ideal book for fiction lovers who also enjoy non-fiction; engrossing, moving, chilling and wonderfully written. Thomas Harding gives a nuanced and clear-eyed portrait of both the Nazi Kommandant and the German Jew who hunted him down, drawing on historical sources with his trademark skill and clarity.