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Stephen Koch

Stephen Koch’s new book is Hitler’s Pawn: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust (Counterpoint). He is the author of two novels and many other works of nonfiction. He chaired the Creative Writing division in the School of the Arts at Columbia University and wrote The Modern Library Writer’s Workshop.

A Different Kind of Hero

November 1, 2019

A Different Kind of Hero

By: Stephen Koch

The Nazis may have blamed Herschel Grynszpan for Kristallnacht, but he prevented them from using him in a show trial.

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