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The lampshade : a Holocaust detective story from Buchenwald to New Orleans by Mark Jacobson is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The lampshade : a Holocaust detective story from Buchenwald to New Orleans about?
Few growing up in the aftermath of World War II will ever forget the horrifying reports that Nazi concentration camp doctors had removed the skin of prisoners to makes common, everyday lampshades. In The Lampshade , bestselling journalist Mark Jacobson tells the story of how he came into possession of one of these awful objects, and of his search to establish the origin, and larger meaning, of what can only be described as an icon of terror. Jacobson’s mind-bending historical, moral, and philosophical journey into the recent past and his own soul begins in Hurricane Katrina–ravaged New Orleans. It is only months after the storm, with America’s most romantic city still in tatters, when Skip Henderson, an old friend of Jacobson’s, purchases an item at a rummage sale: a very strange looking and oddly textured lampshade. When he asks what it’s made of, the seller, a man covered with jailhouse tattoos, replies, “That’s made from the skin of Jews.” The price: $35. A few days later, Henderson sends the lampshade to Jacobson, saying, “You’re the journalist, you find out what it is.” The lampshade couldn’t possibly be real, could it? But it is. DNA analysis proves it. This revelation sends
Who reads The lampshade : a Holocaust detective story from Buchenwald to New Orleans?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Mark Jacobson
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781416566304
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.47 / 5 (440 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14