After World War II, many high-ranking Nazi officials fled Europe to avoid prosecution for their roles in the Holocaust and other war crimes. While some were captured and tried, others managed to ...
Frederick Forsyth with a copy of The Odessa File, circa 1972 - Getty The novel which he is best known for is his debut, 1971’s excellent The Day of the Jackal, and few would minimise the impact that ...
Historians mocked Frederick Forsyth’s The Odessa File – but it may have helped catch a Nazi The film adaptation of Forsyth’s 1972 novel led to the exposure of Eduard Roschmann, the ‘Butcher of Riga’, ...