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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780345482341
ISBN: 0345482344
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: January 03, 1995
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: January 03, 1995
Sales Rank: 4469772
Studio: Ballantine Books
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A gripping story about the power of an unresolved past and the necessity of forgiveness, The Last Man twists like a thriller, but has the truth-seeking depth of great fiction.
Gerta Wahljak is haunted by a photograph of ten Nazi officers taken in the concentration camp where she was imprisoned during the Holocaust. For decades, she has traced the fates of all these men except one. Until now. While Gerta waits in a cardiologist’s office, she sees another patient who she is almost sure is the last man. She will not be at peace until she knows.
After interviewing Gerta, assistant U.S. Attorney David Keegan is shocked to learn that he is closely linked to the man he’s investigating. For the man accused of being a former Nazi is none other than Frederick Schiller, married to a renowned Jewish activist and the father of the woman Keegan loves. Now Keegan, a man also haunted by his past, must decide whether to risk his career to help the parents of the woman he loves. . . .
From the Paperback edition.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Really good book....
This is the first book I have read in this kind of genre...something different from what I usually read...anyway, I found this story to be very heartwarming and I found myself to actually care about the characters in the book. If you are looking for something that is different from the usual "thriller", pick up this book, this is one that you may learn something from....
Rating: - A Thoughtful and Moving story
This book touches on many themes, but most forcefully delivers a story about forgiveness that brought tears to my eyes.
The Nazi who loved a Jew, and did everything imaginable to save her from a concentration camp; the abandoned and emotionally abused boy who did everything imaginable to discover the hidden truth of his mother's death; and that same boy's own heroism in forgiving his father's responsibility for the mother's death. The same theme resonates in the resolution of revelations that ... Read More
Rating:  - Excellent reading
This is the first review I have written but this is one of the best books I have ever read. It combines history with fiction beautifully. Anyone interested in learning more about the horrible Nazi death camps will find this book fascinating
Rating: - Insihgtful look at morality
In 1942, ten men wearing SS uniforms attend a dinner party at the Thereslenstadt Camp in Czechoslovakia. Inmate Gerta Wahljek is ordered to take a picture of the event and make a copy for each man to keep as a memento of the evening. Gerta retains one picture for herself and when the war ends she takes the photograph with her to America.
Over the next five decades, Gerta tracks down nine of the participants with only Friedrich Schillinghaussen remaining unaccounted for during the ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780345482341
ISBN: 0345482344
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: January 03, 1995
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: January 03, 1995
Sales Rank: 4469772
Studio: Ballantine Books