Colin Shindler
Goodbye to Russia review: ‘the journalists who don’t make old bones’
This is an important book about the plight of reporters and activists, many of them Jewish, under Putin
Hitler’s People review: ‘an important book’
Sobering and incisive commentary on the men who persuaded ordinary Germans to become mass murderers
A saviour’s insights into his Holocaust rescue missions
How I admire this Hungarian Shoah survivor’s diary
The disaster that nearly lost the war
Two new books dissect the Arnhem offensive
Our Palestine Question, review: An ode to Jews who uttered difficult words in dark times
The story of King Herod you’ve probably never heard
A new book sets history straight about a controversial figure
Final Verdict by Tobias Buck review: ‘Would I have climbed down the watchtower and walked away?’
This is insightful on the guilt, complicity and collaboration of the Third Reich’s fellow German travellers, including the author’s own grandfather
How Britain let butchers of the Holocaust to escape scot-free
Colin Shindler is fascinated by a study into a failure of justice
From Red Terror to Terrorist State review: Who controls Russia?
A labyrinthine explanation of Russia’s ruthless secret services will serve as a reference work for all those wishing to understand this mysterious country
Nazis, Islamic Antisemitism and the Middle East review: When, how and why the Mufti met Hitler
German academic Mattihas Kuntzel's book offers an enlightening insight on the Nazi influence on Middle East politics
The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel’s Battle for its Inner Soul review - How diverse Israel manages itself
Nuanced picture of Israel explores its spirit of innovation, identity politics, culture wars and inability to agree a border with the Palestinians
The formation of Likud changed Israel and the entire Middle East
Fifty years ago this week, the forced retirement from the IDF of Ariel Sharon led to a new political force that remains key today
When eastern Europe was home to the Jews
Colin Shindler hails a study of Jewish life that covers two millennia
Book review: Amos Oz: The Legacy of a Writer in Israel and Beyond
The wizardry of Oz comes through in a book of essays about the writer who ‘led where rabbis fear to tread'
Ukraine’s history has been used and abused
The intertwined history of Russia, Ukraine and the Jews is part of the background to conflict
The Holocaust: An Unfinished History Book review: The untold story of Europe’s Shoah shame
An important new history sheds light on the major role played by so-called neutrals in the mass extermination of Jews
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