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The SS Officer's Armchair - In Search of a Hidden Life (Paperback)
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The SS Officer's Armchair - In Search of a Hidden Life (Paperback)
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The gripping account of one historian's hunt for answers as he
delves into the surprising life of an ordinary Nazi officer.
'Totally exhilarating' Philippe Sands It began with an armchair. It
began with the surprise discovery of a stash of personal documents
covered in swastikas sewn into its cushion. The SS Officer's
Armchair is the story of what happened next, as Daniel Lee follows
the trail of cold calls, documents, coincidences and family
secrets, to uncover the life of one Dr Robert Griesinger from
Stuttgart. As Lee delves deeper, Griesinger emerges as at once an
ordinary man with a family and ambitions, and an active participant
in the Nazi machinery of terror whose choices continue to
reverberate today. 'Gripping, it unfolds like a detective story as
an obscured past emerges into the light' Hadley Freeman, author of
House of Glass 'An absorbing work of historical detection...
Riveting' Evening Standard
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