The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan
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The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan by Jonathan Kirsch
The Washington Post Notable Non-Fiction of 2013 On the seventy-fifth anniversary of Kristallnacht comes this untold story of a teenager whose act of defiance would have dire international consequences.
"Kirsch expertly picks through the murky details to shed new light on the historical significanceA compelling study." -- Kirkus Reviews
"In his well-crafted study… Jonathan Kirsch manages to put some meat on the skinny frame of his protagonist and also to put a human face on his victim. In so doing, Kirsch has made a valuable contribution to our understanding of Kristallnacht, whose 75th anniversary falls this year." -- David Clay Large - Los Angeles Times
"No novelist could invent a story with as many twists of history and character as the one Jonathan Kirsch tells about Herschel Grynszpan…The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan illuminates the countless short and tragic lives of eastern European Jews running for shelter in the terrible days leading up to World War II." -- Alice Kaplan, author of The Collaborator and Dreaming in French
"With a storyteller’s touch and a lawyer’s insight, Kirsch elevates this tragic tale and makes it read like a legal and moral thriller." -- Thane Rosenbaum, author of Payback: The Case for Revenge and The Myth of Moral Justice
"Herschel Grynszpan wanted nothing more than to be remembered for his rash, heroic actions. In Kirsch, he has finally found an objective, yet passionate, chronicler." -- Ronald C. Rosbottom, professor of French and European studies, Amherst College
"On Nov. 7, 1938, a troubled Jewish teenager walked into an embassy in Paris, got in to see a low-level Nazi attache and shot him dead—a killing that gave Hitler a pretext for the savage, anti-Semitic orgy of Kristallnacht." -- Scott Martelle - Washington Post
"In his well-crafted study… Jonathan Kirsch manages to put some meat on the skinny frame of his protagonist and also to put a human face on his victim. In so doing, Kirsch has made a valuable contribution to our understanding of Kristallnacht, whose 75th anniversary falls this year." -- David Clay Large - Los Angeles Times
"No novelist could invent a story with as many twists of history and character as the one Jonathan Kirsch tells about Herschel Grynszpan…The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan illuminates the countless short and tragic lives of eastern European Jews running for shelter in the terrible days leading up to World War II." -- Alice Kaplan, author of The Collaborator and Dreaming in French
"With a storyteller’s touch and a lawyer’s insight, Kirsch elevates this tragic tale and makes it read like a legal and moral thriller." -- Thane Rosenbaum, author of Payback: The Case for Revenge and The Myth of Moral Justice
"Herschel Grynszpan wanted nothing more than to be remembered for his rash, heroic actions. In Kirsch, he has finally found an objective, yet passionate, chronicler." -- Ronald C. Rosbottom, professor of French and European studies, Amherst College
"On Nov. 7, 1938, a troubled Jewish teenager walked into an embassy in Paris, got in to see a low-level Nazi attache and shot him dead—a killing that gave Hitler a pretext for the savage, anti-Semitic orgy of Kristallnacht." -- Scott Martelle - Washington Post
Jonathan Kirsch is the author of the best-selling The Harlot by the Side of the Road and A History of the End of the World, the book editor of the Jewish Journal, and a longtime contributor of book reviews to the Los Angeles Times. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780871404527 |
| ISBN 10 | 0871404524 |
| Title | The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan |
| Author | Jonathan Kirsch |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2013-06-11 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Prizes | National Jewish Book Award |
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