Menachem Kaiser

this is a wild ride through several different aspects of the holocaust, post-holocaust and modern life. I really enjoyed the different strains Kaiser brings together as well as his engaging and thoughtful writing. i felt like maybe the story of the building was a little thin so he needed to pad it out with these additional stories- Abraham Kaiser, the treasure hunters- but those are *great* stories and I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I don't know if he's going to write anything else but I would read it.… (mehr)

The journey of a grandson named after a grandfather he never knew tries to continue the fight to reclaim his family property taken from them when they were forced to leave and sent to the concentration camps. A journey hoping to connect to a grandfather who died before he was born. More questions than answers along the way. Meeting of Treasure hunters, a remnant of the war torn country seekers of the Nazi Treasure hidden in the tunnels of the country side - Although the ending is not written for the journey sought - the writer did find the story and family of this grandfather's brother, a survivor whose journal has given clues to the Nazi treasure hunters quests. I hope a sequel is soon to come!… (mehr)