Our Nazi - Soffer, Michael
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"After World War II, a surprising number of Nazis made their way to the United States, where they sought to slip into obscurity. Many did not succeed. In 1982, the government sought to deport Reinhold Kulle, a custodian at a high school in Chicago's most ostentatiously liberal suburb, for having been a concentration-camp guard. Some teachers, parents, and community residents lined up to support the man they knew; others squared off against the man he had been. Michael Soffer, who has long taught history at that high school, here explores the community tensions, the moral challenges, and the…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
"After World War II, a surprising number of Nazis made their way to the United States, where they sought to slip into obscurity. Many did not succeed. In 1982, the government sought to deport Reinhold Kulle, a custodian at a high school in Chicago's most ostentatiously liberal suburb, for having been a concentration-camp guard. Some teachers, parents, and community residents lined up to support the man they knew; others squared off against the man he had been. Michael Soffer, who has long taught history at that high school, here explores the community tensions, the moral challenges, and the question of why a substantial number of onetime Nazis settled in greater Chicago in the first place"--
Autorenporträt
Michael Soffer is a history teacher at Lake Forest High School. During his tenure at Oak Park and River Forest High School, he taught Holocaust studies in a classroom that former Nazi camp guard Reinhold Kulle used to clean. His writing has appeared in publications such as the Forward, Chicago Jewish History, and the Times of Israel. This is his first book.