In the Garden of Beasts

In the Garden of Beasts Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

Erik Larson2012
Documents the efforts of the first American ambassador to Hitler's Germany, William E. Dodd, to acclimate to a residence in an increasingly violent city where he is forced to associate with the Nazis while his daughter pursues a relationship with Gestapochief Rudolf Diels.
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