One extraordinary story after another... not only forensically well-researched but tender, evocative and deeply moving -- Jonathan Freedland, author of The Escape Artist A powerful, eloquent and deeply affecting book. I loved it -- Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare With Amber Eyes Julian's book is profoundly affecting, part memoir, part detective story, part history, at once elegiac and fascinating, it is so deeply relevant for our times, I zipped through it withy the deepest personal interest -- Philippe Sands, author of East West Street A family memoir, a collective biography and a gripping detective story rolled into one -- Fiona Sturges * Guardian * A compelling story, desperately sad yet shot through with moments of selflessness, hope and kindness, and Borger skilfully weaves the different strands of the narrative together * Daily Mail, Book of the Week * Incredible... and so beautifully told. One of those books that reminds you that great sweeps of history are made up of individual human lives, as real and hopeful as any of us -- Hadley Freeman A compelling account of love, loss and great courage... Beautiful, powerfully told and deserving of the widest possible audience -- Fergal Keane, author of The Madness A touching, fascinating tribute to a father Borger remembered principally as a disciplinarian and an academic mentor but whose loneliness he finally came to understand -- Caroline Moorehead * Literary Review * A terrifying and enthralling dissection of Europe's greatest crime. Part memoir, part detective story - Borger ensures we know the full horror of the Holocaust, through his own family's experience. This work is a crucial part of the Holocaust testimonies - a dark story which we need to keep front and centre -- Alan Rusbridger A gripping addition to the literature on inherited trauma -- Matthew Reisz * Observer * This remarkable book in itself exemplifies the significance of facing up to and finding ways of living with an almost unbearable past -- Mary Fulbrook * Financial Times * A moving account of the life changing impact of acts of kindness to strangers in need... a salutary reminder for our own times -- Martin Sixsmith, author of The Lost Child of Philomena Lee Poignant beyond measure. In this dark telling, there is also light -- Lyse Doucet Intensely moving... an utterly absorbing read -- Fiona Hill, author of There Is Nothing for You Here Remarkable stories told with love, insight and respect... This book is more than a poignant eulogy - it has important lessons for the modern era -- David Miliband An extraordinary book... a work of meticulous investigation... You may think you've read everything you need to about the Holocaust, but you haven't -- Lindsey Hilsum, author of In Extremis Magnificent... One of the best books I have read on the "second generation" literature -- Christophe Boltanski, author of The Safe House Raw, unflinching and honest -- Baroness Arminka Helic of Millbank, former Special Advisor to the UK Foreign Secretary An astonishing, moving and unflinching work of courage -- David Rohde, author of In Deep A book for anyone interested in social history and the nature of humanity... It brings a sweeping slice of history down to the very personal, the story of a father, of the decency of ordinary people. It shows that if people are given a start in life and a bit of security they can achieve great things, even in the face of terrible emotional damage -- Mick Lynch Magnificent... a beautiful, heart-breaking, amazing book -- Eric Schlosser, author of Command and Control Borger's splendid narrative is as much that of a world now vanished - Habsburg Vienna and the Jews of central and eastern Europe - as it is that of survivors and the terrible burden they carried -- Oliver Farry * Irish Times * A universal story that is both shocking and heart-warming * The Friend *

Julian Borger is the Guardian's World Affairs Editor, based in Washington. He covered the Bosnian war for the BBC and the Guardian and returned to the Balkans to report on the Kosovo conflict in 1999. He has also served as the Guardian's Middle East correspondent and its Washington Bureau Chief.