| Hitler's Pawn: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust Contributor(s): Kock, Stephen (Author), Foster, James Anderson (Narrated by) |
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ISBN: 1684418771 ISBN-13: 9781684418770 Publisher: HighBridge Audio OUR PRICE: $26.99 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: January 2019 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Holocaust - Biography & Autobiography | Jewish - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.5" W x 5.4" (0.40 lbs) |
| Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: After learning about Nazi persecution of his family, Herschel Grynszpan (pronounced Greenspan), an impoverished seventeen-year-old Jew living in Paris, bought a small handgun and on November 7, 1938, went to the German embassy and shot the first German diplomat he saw. When the man died two days later, Hitler and Goebbels made the shooting their pretext for the great state-sponsored wave of anti-Semitic terror known as Kristallnacht, still seen by many as an initiating event of the Holocaust. Overnight, Grynszpan, a bright but naive teenager-and a perfect political nobody-was front-page news and a pawn in a global power struggle. When France fell, the Nazis captured Grynszpan after a wild chase and flew him to Berlin. The boy became a privileged prisoner of the Gestapo while Hitler and Goebbels plotted a massive show trial to blame the Jews for starting World War II. A prisoner and alone, Grynszpan grasped Hitler's intentions and waged a battle of wits to sabotage the trial, knowing that even if he succeeded, he would certainly be murdered. The battle of wits was close, but Grynszpan finally won. Based on the newest research, Hitler's Pawn is the richest telling of Grynszpan's story to date. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kock, Stephen: - Stephen Koch is the author of two novels and many books of nonfiction on subjects ranging from Andy Warhol to World War II. After serving as chairman of the Creative Writing Division in the School of the Arts at Columbia University, he wrote a classic text on writing, The Modern Library Writers' Workshop.Foster, James Anderson: - James Anderson Foster has narrated audiobooks for a variety of publishers, across nearly all genres-both fiction and nonfiction. In 2015, he was a finalist in three categories for the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences Voice Arts Awards (Mystery, Science Fiction, and Fantasy). |