Acknowledgments

This book would not have been possible without the support, encouragement and critical reading by my husband, Andrew Bent. I would like to acknowledge the following people for help with translations: Ruth Altman, Marion Hofmann Bowman and Ludwig Decke. I would also like to thank the following people for critical reading: Jason Bent, Mina Bakhtiar, Margaret Plank and Yevgenya Grinblat. Finally, I would like to thank the scientists and family members who provided many useful discussions and interviews that form the basis of this book. In particular, I would like to acknowledge my father Peter and my uncle Wolfgang for the detailed descriptions of their lives in Germany, both during and after the war.