Hanns and Rudolf: The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz

Harding, Thomas

ISBN 10: 0434022365 / ISBN 13: 9780434022366

Published by William Heinemann, 2013

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Signed by Author(s) Type: Book Half inch closed tear to head of d/j spine.Signed First Edition.

Seller Inventory # 057515

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hanns and Rudolf: The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz
• Publisher: William Heinemann
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0434022365
• ISBN 13: 9780434022366
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Illus. With Photos
• Edition: Signed First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)I
• Seller catalogs:
  • WORLD WAR 2

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Synopsis

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE JQ WINGATE PRIZE 2015 SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD The true story of the Jewish investigator who pursued and captured one of Nazi Germany's most notorious war criminals. Hanns Alexander was the son of a prosperous German family who fled Berlin for London in the 1930s. Rudolf Höss was a farmer and soldier who became the Kommandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp and oversaw the deaths of over a million men, women and children. In the aftermath of the Second World War, the first British War Crimes Investigation Team is assembled to hunt down the senior Nazi officials responsible for the greatest atrocities the world has ever seen. Lieutenant Hanns Alexander is one of the lead investigators, Rudolf Höss his most elusive target. In this book Thomas Harding reveals for the very first time the full, exhilarating account of Höss’ capture. Moving from the Middle-Eastern campaigns of the First World War to bohemian Berlin in the 1920s, to the horror of the concentration camps and the trials in Belsen and Nuremberg, it tells the story of two German men whose lives diverged, and intersected, in an astonishing way.

About the Author

Thomas Harding is a bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than 16 languages. He has written for the Sunday Times, the Washington Post and the Guardian, among other publications. He is the bestselling author of HANNS AND RUDOLF, which won the JQ-Wingate Prize for Non-Fiction; THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE, which was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award; BLOOD ON THE PAGE, which won the Crime Writers' Association "Golden Dagger Award for Non-Fiction" and FUTURE HISTORY, which was shortlisted for the German Children's Literature Award 2021. His next book, WHITE DEBT, was published in January 2022. You can follow Thomas on twitter @thomasharding