In 1986, Rabbis Hier and Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal center met with Swedish diplomats,to discuss prosecution of specific residents of Sweden for Nazi war crimes during World War II. Most of those residents were originally from other parts of…
Finnish Trials after WW II
If you saw last week’s blog, you’re aware there were serious prosecutions of Nazi sympathizers in Norway including many executions after World War II. Although several members of Parliament had reservations against a similar law in Finland, it passed with…
Reason for “Criminal Opera”
“Goshawk” is about a New York lawyer’s crafting of a loan sharking business in what was left of the Soviet Union after the Berlin Wall came down. That business became so successful that the Iraqis tried to steal it to…
Catching Readers’ Interest
The author of McPheters Books enjoys reading the works of three specific American authors and occasional Scandinavian writers. He often rereads their particularly compelling works, sometimes in large print for a more relaxing process. He prefers thrillers and that’s what…
Surprising Nuremberg Parallels
Many members of the Nazi military command structure were punished during the original Nuremberg trials for their failure to obtain non-coerced consent to medical procedures and for not explaining their effectiveness or safety. Beginning with the American Revolutionary War, the…
Making Novels Exciting
A novel deserves to be compelling and exciting, more than just a collection of words. That can be best achieved by a skillful mixture of fact and fiction, drawn from the author’s life experiences, learning and objectives. Originality can draw…
Nuremberg Lives
The novel, “Criminal Opera,” explains how punishments originating with the Nuremberg treaty created by the victors of World War II, America, France, Great Britain and Russia, should be applied to the people who created and managed the phony plandemic and…
Spreading the Net
Applying the Nuremberg punishments is underway even if many choose to believe the treaty that created those punishments was so long ago that it no longer applies. The reality: Irmgard Furchner, 97, a former secretary for the SS commander of…
Exciting Openings Grab Readers
One of my favorite examples of how accuracy and creativity enhance the appeal of a novel is from “Throw Momma from the Train,” In that film, Billy Crystal played a creative writing instructor. A female student announces she’s doing a…
Joe Slinks Away
In case you haven’t noticed, Joe Biden or his body double or clone is no longer pretending to be President of the United States, having been replaced in a landslide election. Details were recently underlined that showed the American military…
