Join us for a virtual conversation with Cindy Schweich Handler and Harry Handler, co-creators of A German Jew’s Triumph: Fritz Oppenheimer and the Denazification of Germany.
This remarkable true story follows Fritz Oppenheimer, a German Jewish lawyer and decorated World War I veteran who fled Nazi Germany only to return years later as a U.S. Army officer. Serving as General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s legal aide at the Nazi surrender in Berlin, Oppenheimer helped take top Nazi leaders into custody and played a key role in the denazification of Germany.
Drawing from Oppenheimer’s personal letters, wartime diaries, and long-hidden documents, the authors uncover a deeply human story of courage, justice, and reconciliation. The book also offers a powerful reminder that individual conviction can help shape history — a message that resonates strongly today amid renewed challenges to democracy and truth.
This program is part of the Al & Marge Brown WWII Lecture Series.
Cindy Schweich Handler is a journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and other national outlets.
Harry Handler is the grandson of Fritz Oppenheimer and wrote the foreword for A German Jew’s Triumph.
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