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The SS Officer’s Armchair: In Search of a Hidden Life
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The gripping account of one historian’s hunt for answers as he delves into the surprising life of an ordinary Nazi officer.’Totally exhilarating’ Philippe SandsIt began with an armchair. It began with the surprise discovery of a stash of personal documents covered in swastikas sewn into its cushion. The SS Officer’s Armchair is the story of what happened next, as Daniel Lee follows the trail of cold calls, documents, coincidences and family secrets, to uncover the life of one Dr Robert Griesinger from Stuttgart. As Lee delves deeper, Griesinger emerges as at once an ordinary man with a family and ambitions, and an active participant in the Nazi machinery of terror whose choices continue to reverberate today.’Gripping, it unfolds like a detective story as an obscured past emerges into the light’ Hadley Freeman, author of House of Glass’An absorbing work of historical detection… Riveting’ Evening Standard
Additional information
| Weight | 0.224 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2.1 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 320 |
| Publisher | |
| Year Published | 2021-6-3 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 1784706655 |
| About The Author | Daniel Lee is a historian of the Second World War and a specialist in the history of Jews in France and North Africa during the Holocaust. He is a Senior Lecturer in modern history at Queen Mary, University of London, and the author of Pétain's Jewish Children (2014). As a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker, Lee is a regular broadcaster on radio. He lives in north London. |
| Review Quote | Beautiful and gripping, it unfolds like a detective story as an obscured past emerges into the light. |
| Other text | Memorable and chilling… As well as a brilliant researcher, Lee proves himself to be an insightful narrator – of both the life of a Nazi "desk murderer", and the continuing attempts of Griesinger's family to come to terms with the long shadow his role as an SS officer has cast over their lives. |
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