Nuremberg: The Translator's Tale by Helen Fry - ISBN: 9780300303568
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A German-Jewish translator’s unique perspective on Nuremberg’s Nazi defendants.

Nuremberg: The Translator's Tale

The Story of Howard Triest, German-Jewish Interpreter of the Nazi War Criminals

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  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    26 June 2026

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Summary

The compelling story of the only German-Jewish translator to work with the psychiatrists in Nuremberg prison

The Nuremberg Trials laid bare the atrocities of the Nazi regime to the world. As they awaited trial, the twenty-two surviving leaders of Hitler’s government were visited by American psychiatrists Drs Kelley and Goldensohn. Their only method of communication with the defendants was through translator Howard Triest, a German Jew who had fled Munich and fought as…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780300303568
ISBN-10:0300303564
Author:Helen Fry
Publisher:Yale University Press
Imprint:Yale University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:26 June 2026
Weight:228g
Dimensions:24mm x 199mm x 131mm
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Critics Review

“A well-written, fascinating biography of one Jewish man in front of the very worst of the Nazi hierarchy. A picture not just of the German war criminals at Nuremberg, but of one individual’s extraordinary wartime story.”—Christian Jennings, author of The Holocaust Codes

“Fry has chronicled the lives of many Jewish refugees who worked for the Allies. None, however, were quite like Triest’s: a man who knew evil like few others could grasp. A compelling and important story, based upon five years of interviews.”—Trudy Gold, former CEO of the London Jewish Cultural Centre

“I could not put it down. It makes fascinating reading.”—Dr T. Scarlett Epstein OBE

About The Author

Helen Fry

Helen Fry is a historian and the author of The Walls Have Ears, Women in Intelligence, Spymaster, MI9, and more than twenty books on intelligence, prisoners of war, and the social history of World War II. She appears regularly in media interviews and podcasts and has been involved in numerous documentaries.

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