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Nazi Gold

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I was only able to get to page 22 of this book because it had so many errors in it I determined that I could not trust the history.

Just as examples, the author states that Joe Kennedy had 4 boys and 3 girls--seven children. Since his children were-Joe, Jr., Jack, Bobby, Ted, Rosemary, Jean, Pat, Eunice, and Kathleen- it is easy to see that Joe Kennedy had nine children and I would think that anyone writing a history of World War II would know this. I would also think that anyone writing about this era would know that Harry Truman did not have a period after his middle initial, as "S" was his midde name--but this author did not.

I stopped reading when, on page 21, he stated that the UN released a "brief but eloquent statment on the mass slaughter of the Jews in 1942." On page 22 he states that the UN did not know what to do with Jewish refugees to it turned its back on them. Since the UN was not chartered until after World War II, I find these statements to be not credible.

He starts the book by stating that people do not know about the plunder of Jewish property by the Nazis--that it has been kept secret for lo these many years. Since I have been reading about it since the late 1950s and early 1960s, this is also a little hard to swallow.

I have protested to the publisher about the release of a book that puports to be history but is simply made up out of whole cloth.

I would not recommend this book unless you wish to read fiction.

Earlier, I submitted a review of this book--In looking at your on-line excerpt, I noted another error. John Kennedy did not become President in 1962--he was elected in 1960 so took office in January, 1961. I am appalled at this man's lack of research.