Hitler and the Nazis were defeated in 1945. Barely three years later, the world witnessed the birth of the State of Israel. The author of this book (who is an expert on the Third Reich) addresses the question of whether Hitler's actions accelerated the creation of a country of their own for the Jews. At one point during his reign, Hitler even concluded an agreement with the Zionists with the aim of encouraging Jews to emigrate to Palestine. Not only this fact is surprising, but also the fact ...

LAMSDORF

In Their Own Words

Experiences related by prisoners of war at

Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf

and its working parties

during the Second World War.

In truth the whole picture is really like a vast jigsaw, and each of the many thousands of pieces is an individual, and each of these individuals has a story; and each of these stories is complicated, fascinating, perhaps distressing in parts, and many of the stories demonstrate the strength and goodness of human nature that can emerge in severe...