The Search for Major Plagge

An “exceptional” historical detective story that follows one man’s quest to find the German commander who saved his mother—and many other Jews ( Booklist ). Part detective story, part personal quest, Michael Good’s book is the story of the German commander of a Lithuanian work camp who saved hundreds of Jewish lives in the Vilnius ghetto —including the life of Good’s mother, Pearl. Who was this enigmatic officer Pearl Good had spoken of so often? After five years of research—interviewing survivo