Summary
As Russian forces closed in on Berlin, and Hitler’s premiership drew to a close, many Nazi officials fled Germany. In this startling, meticulously researched account, acclaimed journalist Uki Goni unravels the complex network that led them to Argentina. Relying on international support - in Scandinavia, Switzerland and Italy - and the enthusiasm of the Vatican and President Juan Peron, Goni shows how this ‘ratline’ allowed Adolf Eichmann - the architect of the ‘Final Solution’ - Josef Mengele…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781783789252 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1783789255 |
| Author: | Uki Goñi |
| Publisher: | Granta Books |
| Imprint: | Granta Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 368g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
THE OBSERVER: “Fascinating … frightening.”
Uki Goñi’s five year search for collateral evidence led him to files in Europe that confirmed a true story more gripping than… fiction * The Times *
A fascinating expose… essential * New Statesman *
Breathtakingly sinister - the stuff of every postwar spy novel * Sunday Telegraph *
Historical honesty shines through the pages of one of the most dishonest episodes in history – Richard Overy * Sunday Telegraph *
Despite being thwarted by Argentine bureaucracy, we now have the full scandalous picture… [Goñi] has performed an essential task with bravery and discipline * Guardian *
A brilliant work of detection and painstaking perseverance * Morning Star *
Goni has powerfully exposed the deceits and conniving, and pierced what he calls the “wall of silence” * Sunday Times, Culture *
Uki Goñi
UKI GONI is a journalist and writer based in Argentina. He regularly contributes to the Guardian and the New York Review of Books. He has also been an op-ed columnist for the New York Times.
PHILIPPE SANDS is Professor of Law at UCL, a practising barrister at Matrix Chambers, and the author of many books, including the Sunday Times bestselling The Ratline and East West Street, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. He is President of English PEN and on the board of the Hay Festival of Arts and Literature.
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