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Nonfiction Children of Nazis: The Sons and Daughters of Himmler, Göring, Höss, Mengele, and Others— Living with a Father’s Monstrous Legacy Tania Crasnianski
Nonfiction Hollywood’s Spies: The Undercover Surveillance of Nazis in Los Angeles Laura B. Rosenzweig
Nonfiction Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America Steven J. Ross
Essay A Nazi Meeting at Madison Square Garden Earlier this week, Ezra Glinter wrote about the research behind his anthology Have I Got a Story for You: More Than a Century of Fiction from The… Ezra Glinter November 2, 2016
Essay When a Picture Speaks a Thousand Words Earlier this week, Helen Maryles Shankman questioned whether her fictional stories trivialize the Holocaust. She is guest blogging all week as a Visiting Scribe… Helen Maryles Shankman February 4, 2016
Nonfiction The Man Who Stalked Einstein: How Nazi Scientist Philipp Lenard Changed the Course of History Bruce J. Hillman
Interview Interview: Eric Lichtblau by Elise CooperThe Nazis Next Door by Eric Lichtblau is a compelling reminder of how quickly man’s inhumanity to man has been forgotten. Many in the FBI, CIA, the… Elise Cooper April 2, 2015
Nonfiction My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past Jennifer Teege and Nikola Sellmair; Carolin Sommer, trans.
Nonfiction Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East Barry Rubin and Wolfgang G. Schwanitz
Nonfiction A World Without Jews: The Nazi Imagination From Persecution to Genocide Alon Confino
Essay What’s a Nazi? Earlier this week, Nicholas Kulish wrote about the Rosencrantzs and Guildensterns of history. His most recent book, The Eternal Nazi, co-authored with Souad Mekhennet,… Nicholas Kulish June 11, 2014
Essay The Champagne Spy Nicholas Kulish is an author and correspondent for The New York Times. His most recent book, The Eternal Nazi, co-authored with Souad Mekhennet, is the story of Nazi… Nicholas Kulish June 9, 2014
Nonfiction The Eternal Nazi: From Mauthausen to Cairo, the Relentless Pursuit of SS Doctor Aribert Heim Nicholas Kulish and Souad Mekhennet