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DBoon

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3. In The Garden of Beasts

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Wed Dec 10, 2025, 10:43 PM

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A book describing the experiences of FDR's reluctant ambassador to Nazi Germany, the naive new ambassador was amazed at how cheaply his family could rent a spacious home in a tony area of Berlin.

Turns out there were many such properties available, all confiscated from German Jews.

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