Historical Journalism at its best

Alexander Zvielli

Jerusalem Post

Black has authored an exhaustive, compelling, well-written and edited work. It is historical journalism at its best.

Overwhelming and cohesive

Yoav Gelber

Yad Vashem

Edwin Black's research is striking in its dimension and scope. The vast uncovering of source material and its extensive use are almost overwhelming. He succeeds in crystallizing the various aspects of an almost worldwide problem into fluid and cohesive analysis.

Spellbinding

Sybil Milton

Simon Wiesenthal Center

A spellbinding, exciting book exploring new dramatic facets. Despite the voluminous literature on the Third Reich, Mandate Palestine, modern Zionism, and the Holocaust, this subject had not been previously explored. It adds a significant new dimension to our understanding of this critical period.

Meticulous; essential

Gladwyn Hill

Los Angeles Times

Black … has meticulously documented this obscure but important slice of world history … [T]he book outlines brilliantly the historic roots of German antisemitism, the German economic plight that aggravated it, and the resulting contention among world Jewry that still reverberates … makes an essential contribution to an understanding of Israeli politics and the strife in the Middle East today.

Depressing detail

A. J. Sherman

The New York Times

Black reconstructs in depressing detail the [Jewish world’s] strident debates and acrimonious struggles while pursuing the increasingly unrealistic goal of bringing the Third Reich to its knees.

Meticulous; incredible

American Library Association Booklist

Meticulously researched … Black took five years to research and write this incredible volume … He poses the controversial question: “Was it madness or was it genius?” The many fascinated readers will have to decide for themselves.

Incredible; uncanny skill

The Cincinnati Enquirer

Black brings an incredible amount of material together. With uncanny skill, he keeps it all under control. Five stars.

Exciting; heartbreaking

Present Tense

On one level, this book is an exciting spy story. On another, it is a heartbreaking account of anguished and bewildered human beings caught in a nightmare situation.

Immense undertaking

The Dallas Times Herald

… [F]ive years of exhaustive research … The undertaking was immense.