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A review by stevendedalus
The Eternal Nazi: From Mauthausen to Cairo, the Relentless Pursuit of SS Doctor Aribert Heim by Nicholas Kulish, Souad Mekhennet
4.0
A quick-reading but thorough history of how post-war Germany, and the world dealt, or rather didn't deal with, former Nazis through the story of one of them.
It shows how much greyer the historu is than the black and white history most of us tell ourselves. And there are hauntingly sympathetic portrayals of how hard it can be to wrestle with a collective guilt, and maddening descriptions of how so many often enthusiastically turned a blind eye.
It's not an earth shaking investigation but it's thoroughly told and really sets the collective sins of an era as something that you cannot bury, despite your many efforts.
It shows how much greyer the historu is than the black and white history most of us tell ourselves. And there are hauntingly sympathetic portrayals of how hard it can be to wrestle with a collective guilt, and maddening descriptions of how so many often enthusiastically turned a blind eye.
It's not an earth shaking investigation but it's thoroughly told and really sets the collective sins of an era as something that you cannot bury, despite your many efforts.