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The Collaborators: Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II

byIan Buruma

Ian Buruma’s spellbinding account of three near-mythic figures—a Dutch fixer, a Manchu princess, and Himmler’s masseur—who may have been con artists and collaborators under Japanese and German rule, or true heroes, or something in between. The research behind The Collaborators draws together biographical detail, personal testimony, and historical context to show how the central story changed over time. The result links the three stories of deception and survival in world war ii with debates in biography & autobiography and history, showing where public institutions and private experience meet.

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

320

ISBN

9780593296646