The Butchers of Berlin
Berlin 1943. August Schlegel lives in a world full of questions with no easy answers. Why is he being called out on a homicide case when he works in financial crimes? Why did the old Jewish soldier with an Iron Cross shoot the block warden in the eye then put a bullet through his own head? Why...
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Berlin 1943. August Schlegel lives in a world full of questions with no easy answers. Why is he being called out on a homicide case when he works in financial crimes? Why did the old Jewish soldier with an Iron Cross shoot the block warden in the eye then put a bullet through his own head? Why does Schlegel persist with the case when no one cares because the Jews are all b
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781471143410
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Australia)
Pages no: 482
Edition language: English
This may be the darkest book I have ever read. Not surprisingly, a story about serial killers in Berlin during WWII was never going to be an exercise in sweetness and light. It is however, a very well written book. It explores questions about bigotry, its genesis, its trajectory and its place within...
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