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Drawing from his 1978 NBC miniseries teleplay, Gerald Green portrays the Holocaust through the intersecting stories of two German families. The Dorfs, portrayed as loyal and ‘good’ Germans, see their son Erik’s legal ambitions redirected into a role within the SS. In contrast, the Weiss family, also presenting as ‘good’ Germans, face the inexorable fate of Jewish persecution and extermination under the Nazi regime. Through these complementary perspectives, the novel moves beyond impersonal statistics, offering readers a personal view of the suffering and moral complexities that defined the era.
First publish date: 1978
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Gerald Green
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