Adolf Hitler giving a Nazi salute. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
“This document saved my life.”
This is what Kurt Maier tells schoolchildren in Germany about his multi-stamped visa when he speaks to them regarding his successful flight from the Nazis.
Maier is featured in Michael Dobbs’ new book, “The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught in the Middle.”
Dobbs opens the book with a quote from the intrepid journalist Dorothy Thompson, who wrote in 1938, “It...