I recommended this book to my book club . It's a true story about a Jewish man who is asked by a Nazi to forgive him, and he really struggles with that (understandably). The story brings up moral issues which are not easy to answer. It's fairly short, quite interesting and a good book for discussion. I think it makes an interesting contrast to The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom. After WWII, the author spent his life helping to track down former Nazis and bring them to justice.

The first half of the book is the story, and the second half is made up of famous people's responses to the question posed to each reader: "What would you have done?" The people whose responses are published are mostly others who have suffered greatly and/or who are supposed to have moral/spiritual insight. The Christian-Jewish split is interesting: most Christians say "you must try to forgive." Most Jews say "there are some things which are unforgivable." The Buddhist point of view is also shared. And some comments are from a purely intellectual perspective. But I think the book is powerful enough without the commentary. I actually find the commentary distracting in some ways. Each reader must wrestle with the question for herself/himself.