In 1945, when the Red Army liberated Berlin, they found in the Nazi capital a functioning Jewish hospital. In Refuge in Hell, Daniel B. Silver explores the many quirks of fortune and history that made the hospital's survival possible. His engrossing account of this little-known slice of history reads like a novel imbued with the richness of a strong narrative and the depth of compelling characters (Forward).
Not since Schindler's List has there...