Philippe Sands
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As Governer of Galicia, SS Brigadefuhrer Otto Freiherr von Wachter presided over an authority on whose territory hundreds of thousands of Jews and Poles were killed, including the family of the author's grandfather. By the time the war ended in May 1945, he was indicted for 'mass murder'. hunted by the Soviets, the Americans, the Poles, and the British, as well as groups of Jews, Wachter went on the run. In 'The Ratline' Sands offers a unique account...