A scrupulously researched and dramatic remembrance … the author presents his findings with a remarkable blend of meticulousness and unabashed emotion, movingly communicating what he experienced during the process.
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"Well now," I thought, "this changes everything."
"I t haunted me. It fascinated me. It triggered many a story on my father's knee."
"Well now," I thought, "this changes everything."
Mel Laytner was a reporter and editor for nearly 20 years in New York City and a foreign correspondent in London and the Middle East for NBC News and United Press International.
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What They Didn't Burn
A memoir and history like no other Holocaust story…Its eye-opening impact makes What They Didn't Burn unparalleled, powerful, and essential reading that will ideally prompt debates and group studies about Holocaust survivors and Nazi experiences.
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" . . . A remarkable historiographical achievement that blends the narrative pleasures of a detective story with the intellectual fireworks of a micro-history. In tracing the evidence and reconstructing the facts concerning a single Auschwitz prisoner, Laytner has made a major contribution to the history of that camp and, as such, to our understanding of the Holocaust.
"What a thrilling story of wartime survival! Mel Laytner has unraveled the secrets of his father’s past, balancing a son’s love and admiration with a reporter’s commitment to the facts. Chasing after hidden diamonds and digging up damning Nazi documents, Laytner weaves a tale of courage and luck that brings to life an unforgettable cast of characters. A great detective story — and an important work of history."
"I know of no other work that so eloquently combines a dogged search for a Nazi paper trail of evidence and a son’s reconciliation with his family’s Holocaust legacy. What They Didn’t Burn is not only an engaging piece of rigorous research, but also a harrowing and heartwarming personal saga of discovery.”
—SCOTT MILLER, author, Refuge Denied: The St. Louis Passengers and the Holocaust
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