Carl Katz was born in Germany in 1899. He moved to Bremen in the early 1920s, where he ran a wholesale business. He was forced to sell his business by the Nazi Party at the end of 1938. He eventually became on of the leaders of the Jewish community in Bremen until 1942 when he and his family were deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. While in the camp, he worked with the Nazis about his block. The story of this man was really interesting, but, in addition, the look into post-war Germany was really valuable. It shows how a society attempts to rebuild and make amends, how they address their history, and how people who were involved in some heinous things just returned to life no problem. This was a good book.