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In this gripping memoir by the chief American interpreter at the Nuremberg trials, Richard Sonnenfeldt recounts a remarkable life. By the time ... read full description

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Feb 28, 2011
B rated it: 4 of 5 stars
I wanted to read this book for the account of the author's translation services during the Nazis Nuremberg trial but the account of his early years as a Jew in Germany before the war, his life after he gets out of Germany to go to school in England, subsequently is sent to Australia as an "enemy alien", ends up going around the world before he ends up in New York, reunited with his family, (all this while he is 15-16 years old), and then goes back Africa, Italy and then Germany as a U. More...
Jan 19, 2012
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Oct 13, 2011
Allison rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Very interesting story of his life but sometimes felt a little braggy.
Mar 14, 2008
Pat rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Good factual reading about the trial with an abrupt switch to the author's childhood which confused me at first.
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