I am by no means an expert on the holocaust (though I do have a personal interest) but I was startled when the author gives us as fact that the “Final Solution” was already being planned as early as 1935. There is a lot of debate about the plans to annihilate all Jews, what people were instrumental, when it was first spoken of, and how it was to be accomplished. But no one disputes that even the idea of the “Final Solution” was not conceived of before the war began. I could not get past this very basic error, could not trust the author to not make other mistakes. I recommend that readers give this work a miss and read other books by Mr. Balson skeptically.