A Crime in the Family: A World War II Secret Buried in Silence--And My Search for the Truth

by Sacha Batthyany

Book Overview

A memoir of brutality, heroism, and personal discovery from Europe's dark heart, revealing one of the most extraordinary untold stories of World War II

One night in March of 1945, on the Austrian-Hungarian border, a local countess hosted a party in her mansion, where guests and local Nazi leaders mingled. The war was almost over and the German aristocrats and SS officers dancing and drinking knew it was lost. Around midnight, some of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306825821
• ISBN13: 9780306825828
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Must read if you like history at all

This book is heartbreaking to me. To think people could be filled with so much hate.