The City Without Jews: Life and Death in Nazi Vienna
A vivid, granular portrait of the Jews of Vienna and their demise ... Smith’s book helped me understand why, underneath that old-world allure, I detected a certain airlessness: When Vienna lost its Jews, it lost its soul.
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This is an important and deeply researched book. By focusing in depth on one key city, it substantially adds to our understanding of how the Nazi system of genocide and plunder operated.
A depressingly familiar story within the wider context of the Holocaust, but one that Smith has brought alive with forensic detail.
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