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Cover of The Greatest Scientific Gamble: A Story of Impossible Odds, Rival Scientists, and the Atomic Bomb

The Greatest Scientific Gamble: A Story of Impossible Odds, Rival Scientists, and the Atomic Bomb

Michael Joseloff

Cover of Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe

Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe

Cover of War Games

Cover of Unsettled Ground: Reflections on Germany’s Attempts to Make Amends

Unsettled Ground: Reflections on Germany’s Attempts to Make Amends

Jeffrey L. Katz

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Cover of Effingers

Gabriele Tergit

Sophie Duvernoy

Cover of Stumbling Blocks

Stumbling Blocks

Excerpt

Excerpt — Berlin Shuffle

Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, Philip Boehm

December 29, 2025

Cover of Berlin Shuffle

Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz; Philip Boehm, trans.

Cover of The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany―and the Spy Who Betrayed Them

The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany―and the Spy Who Betrayed Them

Jonathan Freedland

Cover of World Enemy No. 1: Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Fate of the Jews

World Enemy No. 1: Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Fate of the Jews

Jochen Hellbeck

Cover of Half-Jew—Full Life: The Unlikely Journey of a Voluntary Jew from Nazi Persecution to the American Dream

Half-Jew — Full Life: The Unlikely Journey of a Voluntary Jew from Nazi Persecution to the American Dream

Georgette Bennett

Cover of The Boy Who Vanished: A True Story of Surviving the Holocaust

The Boy Who Vanished: A True Story of Surviving the Holocaust

Jordan Fontheim

Cover of The Jewish Hospital

The Jewish Hospital

Jonathan Hammel

Cover of Zol Zayn Shulem I: Zores: Family History in the Shadow of the Holocaust

Zol Zayn Shulem I: Zores: Family History in the Shadow of the Holocaust

Daniel Zylbersztajn-Lewandowski

Cover of The Last Days of Budapest: The Destruction of Europe’s Most Cosmopolitan Capital in World War II

The Last Days of Budapest: The Destruction of Europe’s Most Cosmopolitan Capital in World War II