Before the Wall Author:George Clare Driven by a need to understand the genesis of Nazism and world war, the author, an Austrian-born emigre to England who lost his parents to Hitler, went to Germany in 1946 as an interpreter with the British occupational force. As he became involved in efforts to catch ex-Nazis who were trying to hide their pasts, Clare saw the fullness of justice... more » in punishing, but forgiving, the Germans. He ends his memoir with a trip to his birth city Vienna, where he finds that he has truly left the past behind. He concludes that the Hitler phenomenon could have happened in other nations, but Germany was most ready for it. Although episodic and somewhat erratic, the book provides a unique and interesting perspective on historic events. -- Library Journal« less