Lewis M. Weinstein's Blog, page 8
June 9, 2016
* Why did it take you 6 years to write A FLOOD OF EVIL?
Several people have asked me why it took 6 years to research and write A FLOOD OF EVIL. Well, this is a historical novel, and I think it’s my obligation as an author to get the history correct. There are no scenes in my novel which simply tell the history, but often a few words worked into the […]
* A FLOOD OF EVIL is now available on amazon in paperback as well as ebook format
A FLOOD OF EVIL is now available on amazon in PAPERBACK as well as EBOOK form. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no... ABOUT PRICING … I have priced both the paperback and ebook versions below the current market. This is my way of saying thank you to all my GOODREADS and FACEBOOK friends who have been so encouraging to […]
June 8, 2016
* Lew’s new novel – A FLOOD OF EVIL – has been published!
*** A FLOOD OF EVIL has been published. The ebook is now available on amazon and a paperback edition will be available in a few days. A FLOOD OF EVIL introduces a German Catholic boy and a Polish Jewish girl who fall in love and join forces to oppose Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. They […]
June 7, 2016
* Lew’s comments on “The Nazi Conscience” by Claudia Koonz
Claudia Koonz sets out to answer the question of why Germans were so willing to participate or at least stand aside for the murder of millions of innocent citizens. She puts forward the proposition that Christian Germans were prepared by the Nazis through a carefully executed program that included relentless denigration of Jews as […]
June 1, 2016
* Lew’s comments on “Victims & Neighbors” by Frances Henry
This is an extraordinary book. The author, grand-daughter of Jews who escaped from a small German town, went back to that town, met with people who had known her grand-parents, and produced a thoughtful presentation of the feelings and pressures on both Jews and Christians as the Nazi regime increased its persecution of Jews. […]
May 28, 2016
* Lew’s comments and excerpts from “Jewish Responses to Persecution”
A historical novel, such as A FLOOD OF EVIL, must add the feelings, hopes, despairs, and occasional excitement of the characters to the historical world in which they live. Memoirs are one of the best sources and starting places for emotions which will be incorporated into the story. JEWISH RESPONSES TO PERSECUTION is a collection […]
May 17, 2016
* Lew’s comments on “Facing the Dictators” by Anthony Eden
Anthony Eden was urbane, witty, prescient, and a wonderful writer … reading his memoirs is like being in the room at the critical times when the diplomatic conversations of 1935-38 led to so many wrong decisions and ultimately to the horrors of WWII and the Holocaust. Eden served three periods as Foreign Secretary and then a […]
May 14, 2016
* Lew’s comments on Bishop von Galen: German Catholicism and National Socialism by Beth A. Griech-Polelle
Bishop Galen of Munster is renowned for his opposition to the Nazis, a distinction thoroughly demolished by this book. He did oppose Hitler’s euthanasia program, but as Griech-Polelle points out, this only serves to emphasize his lack of concern for Nazi terror and murder of Jews, when he was fully aware of what was […]
May 11, 2016
* Lew’s comments on “Between Dignity and Despair” by Marion Kaplan
So sad to read … a documentation of the Nazi web tightening around German Jews … their confusion and panic and efforts to leave … the changing roles of women forced to assume greater responsibilities. SELECTED EXCERPTS … … Jewish women were (compared to Jewish men) … more sensitive to discrimination … more […]
May 10, 2016
* 2 reviews of AN EVENING WITH FRANK
5.0 out of 5 stars … Sensational! … By kentland on May 8, 2016 … For all those who loved Sinatra and his music, this book of photographs will evoke warm delightful memories. Lew Weinstein had a front row seat for one of Sinatra’s legendary performances and luckily, he had his good camera along. From the beginning of this […]
