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Kurt Gerstein, by Saul Friedlander

- Abstract

THE STORY of Kurt Gerstein involves one of the most bizarre episodes of the Nazi era, a period of human history not lacking n the fantastic Gersteln was an SS Obersturmfuhrer, in charge of…



About the Author

Guenter Lewy is the author of, among other works, The Catholic Church & Nazi Germany, Religion & Revolution, America in Vietnam, and The Cause that Failed: Communism in American Political Life. His new book, The Armenian Massacres in Ottoman Turkey: A Disputed Genocide, is forthcoming from the University of Utah Press.