THE RATLINE: The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive

An extraordinary and riveting work of history, told up-close through access to a unique trove of family correspondence between Baron Otto von Wachter--Viennese lawyer, husband, father, Nazi, senior SS officer, colleague of Heinrich Himmler, creator and overseer of the Krakow ghetto--and his wife. Part historical detective story, part love story, and part Cold War espionage thriller. Illus.