The Ratline

Two uniquely matched voices tell the story of Nazis escaping Europe through Rome's "Ratline" after WWII. Author Phillippe Sands focuses on the life story of Otto von W�chter, the Nazi governor of Galicia and Krakow, who was complicit in the murder of many thousands of Polish Jews, including members of Sands's own family. W�chter's son, Horst, leads Sands to a family trove of diaries and letters; those sections of the audiobook are delivered in alternating chapters by narrator Stephen Fry. Familiar as the voice for the Winnie-the-Pooh stories, Fry is a close voice match for Sands, who is himself an accomplished narrator. But Fry's deliberate, expressive narration expertly underscores the essence of Sands's story--which is rooted like some dark German fairy tale in domestic respectability. German actress Kayja Riemann has a small--too small--role here. D.A.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award � AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine