CHRISTOPHER HALE is a non-fiction author and film maker who has worked all over the world, making documentaries for most of the major broadcasters including the BBC and National Geographic. His first book Himmler's Crusade (Bantam, 2004), won the prestigious Gambrinus `Giuseppe Mazzotti' award in 2003.
Hale takes the reader through the myriad connections which make this story so compelling. This impressive study is a surefire addition to the literature of contemporary Holocaust History and Memory Studies. -- Dr Paul A. Levine Hale offers a compelling mix of micro detail, combing the records, piecing together a shattered narrative, alongside a masterful overview of the Holocaust as a whole ... Superb and very chastening. -- Martin Davidson