The Prosecutor

Praise

“Disturbing insights into a bygone era. . . . Stirring revelations of an unsung hero of postwar Germany.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Jack Fairweather brilliantly captures the poignant and insightful story of one lonely, determined man’s quest to bring Nazis to justice for the Holocaust. Fritz Bauer sought to bend the arc of history, a noble pursuit of great inspiration and agony. This is history not to be missed.”—David E. Hoffman, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Dead Hand and Give Me Liberty

“This meticulously researched and well written biography brings to life one of the unsung heroes of the twentieth century. . . . Fairweather brilliantly evokes the dark, morally ambiguous atmosphere of postwar Germany and a man whose story . . . contains the moral lessons we need today.”―Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize–winner and bestselling author of Autocracy, Inc.

“The Prosecutor is a tour de force of both historical research and absolutely terrific writing. Fairweather’s topic—the criminal prosecution of war criminals—is of the utmost importance, and the book itself reads like the best sort of cloak-and-dagger novel.”—Sebastian Junger, #1 New York Times bestselling author of War, The Perfect Storm, Fire, and A Death in Belmont

“Jack Fairweather, a brilliant researcher and compelling writer, tells the remarkable and inspiring story of German jurist Fritz Bauer. Both Jewish and gay, Bauer survived Hitler’s concentration camps and exile and returned to help remake his country, braving public opprobrium and personal danger to pursue the complicit and compel a national reckoning with his country’s crimes. . . . A triumphant story.”—Mark Bowden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Black Hawk Down

“A rich, compelling and deeply researched account of a little-known lawyer who fought long and hard to expose the criminals who underpinned Hitler’s monstrous regime. Another page-turner from Jack Fairweather.”―Giles Milton, bestselling author of The Stalin Affair

“Breathtaking scholarship delivered with a compelling flair for storytelling—returns the seminal figure of the courageous Fritz Bauer to his rightful place at the centre of our collective reckoning with the Nazis’ crimes.”―Robert Jan van Pelt, award-winning writer and leading Holocaust expert

“Jack Fairweather has taken it upon himself to revive our awareness of humankind’s most terrible known moral crime—the Holocaust. The Prosecutor is, quite simply, a stunning achievement.”—Jon Lee Anderson, bestselling author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

“In a world where the loathsome bacillus of antisemitism is once again on the rise, this well-researched, well-written, and hard-hitting book could not be more timely.”—Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny

“Deeply humane, powerfully wrought and an essential tale in this age of impunity.”—Phillipe Sands, author of The Ratline and The Last Colony

“Beautifully written and hugely evocative, Jack Fairweather’s new book is a powerful literary memorial to Fritz Bauer, the German-Jewish lawyer whose tenacity forced a nation to confront its crimes.”—Katja Hoyer, bestselling author of Beyond the Wall

“One of the great untold stories of the Holocaust—and Jack Fairweather is the perfect person to tell it.”—Jonathan Freedland, author of The Escape Artist