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Witness to Nuremberg
- The Many Lives of the Man Who Translated at the Nazi War Trials
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In this gripping memoir by the chief American interpreter at the Nuremberg trials, Richard Sonnenfeldt recounts a remarkable life. By the time he was 18, Sonnenfeldt had grown up in Germany, escaped to England, been deported to Australia as a "German enemy alien", arrived in the U.S., and joined the U.S. Army. By age 22 he had fought in the Battle of the Bulge and helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp, when he was appointed chief interpreter for the American prosecution of Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg trials.
During his service, he spent pretrial time with Hermann Göering as well as other top Nazi leaders like von Ribbentrop, Rudolph Höss, and Julius Streicher, the infamous editor of the anti-Semitic Der Sturmer.
An engineer in later life, Sonnenfeldt was also a principal developer of color TV and computer technology and a key player in NASA's preparation of the first moon shot.
Editorial reviews
Richard Sonnenfeldt has lived an incredible life. In this memoir, Sonnenfeldt recounts his numerous brushes with history. The first and central story surrounds his role as lead translator for the Nuremburg Trials. Intimate and thought-provoking, Witness to Nuremberg: The Many Lives of the Man Who Translated at the Nazi War Trials in an insider's account of one of history's greatest judicial episodes. Robert Blumenfeld gives a distinguished performance. Well-rehearsed and fast paced, Blumenfeld succeeds in his reading of Sonnenfeldt's intimate reflections on his past.
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- Llynn of melbourne
- 13-09-2023
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Quite a different story that starts in Nazi Germany and then travels across the world and back again.
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- The Lorax
- 23-09-2021
What a life!!!
Amazing story, initial story of the trial was a little hard to keep up with the German names, however getting into his life's story was amazing.
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- Lucy
- 27-03-2022
absolutely brilliant book a must read.....
amazing book, what an incredible life story!! A must read..
Story of the rise of the Nazis very applicable comparison parallel to Putins Russia today
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