Kaplan's Quest

For as long as he can remember, Shmuel Kaplan has lived in the shadow of a man he never met.His great-uncle Samuel was a champion athlete in Berlin's Jewish sports movement. In 1935, he traveled to Palestine for the Maccabiah Games-then made the inexplicable decision to return to Nazi Germany.Five years later, he vanished without a trace.Now, nearly sixty years later, Shmuel-a young historian at the Hebrew University-is determined to discover what happened.What begins as academic research becomes something far stranger.From Berlin archives and forgotten police records to chance encounters, family secrets, and unexpected allies, each answer uncovers a deeper mystery: Why was Samuel left alone while others disappeared? Who was protecting him? And what was so important that the German Army took an interest in a Jewish athlete?As the search stretches across Europe and into the shadows of wartime history, Shmuel finds himself confronting not only the fate of one missing man-but the stories families choose to remember, and the truths they never expected to uncover.A historical mystery about memory, identity, and the questions that refuse to stay buried.

Author:

Richard Steinitz

Publisher:

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date:

Apr 30, 2016

Number of pages:

220 pages

Language:

English

Binding:

Paperback

ISBN-10:

1530593743

ISBN-13:

9781530593743