Terrence Petty

Nov 1, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Terrence Petty |David Grann |Elie Wiesel |Marion Wiesel

A sharp-eyed look at a troubling past that still reverberates in modern Germany. A wide-ranging investigation of the incorporation of former Nazis, including war criminals, into postwar German commerce and government. World War II had barely ended, writes former Associated Press chief correspondent Petty, when German chancellor Konrad Adenauer declared impatiently, “This sniffing around for Nazis has to stop.” It did, quickly.