<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Based on 70 hours of interviews with Franz Stangl, commandant of Treblinka (the largest of the five Nazi extermination camps), this book bares the soul of a man who continually found ways to rationalize his role in Hitler's final solution.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>The scene is Treblinka; the character is Franz Stangl. The theme is the mass extermination of men, women and children. As Commandant of Treblinka, Stangl was imprisoned for life. Gitta Sereny covered the trial on behalf of a London newspaper. Fascinated by the prisoner, she decided to make an effort to get to know him better, to delineate him more deeply.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Gitta Sereny</b> was one of Europe's foremost journalists with a special interest and expertise in the Third Reich. She has written extensively for London's <i>Daily Telegraph</i> magazine, <i>Sunday Times</i>, and <i>The independent</i>, as well as for <i>Die Zeit</i> and <i>Le Nouvel Observateur</i>. In America, she has written for <i> The New York Times Magazine</i>, <i> The New York Review of Books</i>, and <i> Vanity Fair</i>. Her books include <i>Into Darkness: An Examination of Conscience</i>, <i>The Invisible Children</i>, and <i>Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth</i>. She had two children and two grandchildren and lived with her husband, the photographer Don Honeyman, in London. She died June 14, 2012.
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