An Evening with Jack Fairweather

Phoenix Books and the Rutland Jewish Center are pleased to present an evening with award-winning author Jack Fairweather for a discussion of his recently released book, The Prosecutor: One Man's Battle to Bring Nazis to Justice.

At the end of the Nuremberg trial in 1946, some of the greatest war criminals in history were sentenced to death, but hundreds of thousands of Nazi murderers and collaborators remained at large. The Allies were ready to overlook their pasts as the Cold War began, and the horrors of the Holocaust were in danger of being forgotten.

In The Prosecutor, Jack Fairweather brings to life the remarkable story of Fritz Bauer, a gay, Jewish judge from Stuttgart who survived the Nazis and made it his mission to force his countrymen to confront their complicity in the genocide. In this deeply researched book, Fairweather draws on unpublished family papers, newly declassified German records, and exclusive interviews to immerse readers in the shadowy, unfamiliar world of postwar West Germany where those who implemented genocide run the country, the CIA is funding Hitler's former spy-ring in the east, and Nazi-era anti-gay laws are strictly enforced. But once Bauer landed on the trail of Adolf Eichmann, he wouldn't be intimidated. His journey took him deep into the dark heart of West Germany, where his fight for justice would set him against his own government and a network of former Nazis and spies bent on silencing him.

In a time when the history of the Holocaust is taken for granted , The Prosecutor reveals the courtroom battles that were fought to establish its legacy and the personal cost of speaking out. The result is a searing portrait of a nation emerging from the ruins of fascism and one man's courage in forcing his people--and the world--to face the truth.

Jack Fairweather is the author of the Costa Book Award-winner The Volunteer, a #1 bestseller in the UK that's been hailed as a modern classic and compared to Schindler's List. He served as a correspondent for The Washington Post and the Daily Telegraph, where he was the paper's Baghdad and Persian Gulf bureau chief.

DATE: Wednesday, June 4th, 6:30PM

LOCATION: Phoenix Books, 2 Center Street, Rutland, VT

ADMISSION: This event is free and open to all. Advance registration is not required, but it is helpful. You can register at the link below.

BOOKS: Copies of The Prosecutor will be available at the event. A book signing will follow the discussion.