In the Garden of Beasts

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

Erik Larson2011
The best-selling author of Devil in the White City documents the efforts of 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 Gestapo chief Rudolf Diels.
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