Daniel Lee

Hoe een historische vondst in Amsterdam leidde tot de ontrafeling van het geheime leven van een naziofficier 'Meeslepend. [...] Naast een briljante onderzoeker, bewijst Lee dat hij ook een fantastische verteller is.' The Guardian Zeventig jaar na het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog vindt een Amsterdamse stoffeerder plotseling nazidocumenten in het kussen van een oude leunstoel. Ze behoorden toe aan ene dr. Robert Griesinger, een jurist uit Stuttgart die zich aansloot bij de SS en als hoge ambtenaar werkzaam was in het door de nazi’s bezette Praag. Het is voor historicus Daniel Lee het begin van een meeslepende zoektocht naar het verhaal achter deze onbekende SS-officier en hoe zijn geheimen aan de andere kant van Europa belandden. In De leunstoel van de SS-officier traceert Lee het verleden van Griesinger en schetst hij een indringend beeld van hoe ogenschijnlijk gewone burgers werden meegezogen in de ideologie en het geweld van het Derde Rijk. Hij achterhaalt Griesingers rol in de oorlogsmisdaden van het naziregime en doet een schokkende ontdekking: Griesinger blijkt in verband te staan met de moord op Daniel Lees eigen familie tijdens de Holocaust. De twee verhaallijnen komen op onverwachte en confronterende wijze met elkaar in aanraking en roepen vragen op over verantwoordelijkheid, manipulatie en schuld. Het resultaat is een intrigerende geschiedenis over een anonieme SS’er en de mechanismen die gewone mensen in staat stelden de meest gruwelijke oorlogsmisdaden te begaan. 'Het is een prestatie om een spannend boek te schrijven over een niet zo heel erg spannende figuur als Rudolf Griesinger, maar Daniel Lee doet het.' NRC

Het geheime leven van een nazi onthuld

De leunstoel van de SS-officier

SS Subayının Koltuğu

It began with an armchair. It began with the surprise discovery of a stash of personal documents covered in swastikas sewn into its cushion. The SS Officer’s Armchair is the story of what happened next, as Daniel Lee follows the trail of cold calls, documents, coincidences and family secrets, to uncover the life of one Dr Robert Griesinger from Stuttgart. Who was he? What had his life been – and how had it ended? Lee reveals the strange life of a man whose ambition propelled him to become part of the Nazi machinery of terror. He discovers his unexpected ancestral roots, untold stories of SS life and family fragmentation. As Lee delves deeper, Griesinger’s responsibility as an active participant in Nazi crimes becomes clearer. Dr Robert Griesinger’s name is not infamous. But to understand the inner workings of the Third Reich, we need to know not just its leaders, but the ordinary Nazis who made up its ranks. Revealing how Griesinger’s choices reverberate into present-day Germany, and among descendants of perpetrators, Lee raises potent questions about blame, manipulation and responsibility. A historical detective story and a gripping account of one historian’s hunt for answers, The SS Officer’s Armchair is at once a unique addition to our understanding of Nazi Germany and a chilling reminder of how such regimes are made not by monsters, but by ordinary people.

In Search of a Hidden Life

The SS Officer's Armchair

FORTUITY, LOVE, AND ADVENTURE FORGE A PATH TO HEALING WHEN LIFE MEETS HISTORICAL FICTION A father and son, whose lives were tattered by divorce and addiction, reunite and move to a new city to start over. They receive a strange inheritance from an unknown ancestor who died eighty years before-Valentine T. McGillycuddy-the first topographer of the Black Hills in South Dakota, a field surgeon during the Indian Wars, the first Indian Agent at Pine Ridge, and the self-proclaimed "Friend of Crazy Horse." To collect on their inheritance, they learn they must climb the tallest peak in the Black Hills. Along their journey, father and son discover the West, themselves, their relationship with each other, and the secrets of Valentine McGillycuddy, that if told, will dramatically change our understanding of the life of Crazy Horse and American history. Based on real-life and seventeen years of historical research, all supported by personal and historical photos, Daniel Lee builds an emotional story that educates and stimulates the mind, and ultimately, warms the reader's heart. It will make you question history and give you hope for our young generation.

A Father and Son's Quest to Unlock The Secrets of Crazy Horse

Stoned

Sovereignty is the vital organizing principle of modern international law. This book examines the origins of that principle in the legal and political thought of its most influential theorist, Jean Bodin (1529/30-1596). As the author argues in this study, Bodin's most lasting theoretical contribution was his thesis that sovereignty must be conceptualized as an indivisible bundle of legal rights constitutive of statehood. While these uniform 'rights of sovereignty' licensed all states to exercise numerous exclusive powers, including the absolute power to 'absolve' and release its citizens from legal duties, they were ultimately derived from, and therefore limited by, the law of nations. The book explores Bodin's creative synthesis of classical sources in philosophy, history, and the medieval legal science of Roman and canon law in crafting the rules governing state-centric politics. The Right of Sovereignty is the first book in English on Bodin's legal and political theory to be published in nearly a half-century and surveys themes overlooked in modern Bodin scholarship: empire, war, conquest, slavery, citizenship, commerce, territory, refugees, and treaty obligations. It will interest specialists in political theory and the history of modern political thought, as well as legal history, the philosophy of law, and international law.

Jean Bodin on the Sovereign State and the Law of Nations

The Right of Sovereignty

Avi Liran

Want to develop your leadership potential, but are not sure where to start? Looking to step up and hone your leadership skills Been told to 'show some leadership' and want to know what that means? First Time Leadership is the book for aspiring and first time leaders who want to be successful leaders in their own way. Drawing on lessons from interviews with 220 successful leaders from all walks of life in thirty-seven countries on six continents, First Time Leadership presents thirty character-driven stories inspired by real- life events, laying out the specific traits needed to be a successful leader, combined with advice and easy exercises to help you: Step forward into your leadership. Unlock the leader in you to stand out and be seen. Develop your leadership to lead for success. At the end of First Time Leadership, you will understand what successful leadership is, and why successful leaders think, speak, and behave the way that they do. You will grasp and accelerate your understanding of leadership, begin to see the impact of leadership in every interaction between a leader and their team, and be empowered by the knowledge that leadership is a mindset and a way of life.

Debunk the Leadership Mystery and Unleash the Leader in You

First Time Leadership

Popular sovereignty - the doctrine that the public powers of state originate in a concessive grant of power from 'the people' - is perhaps the cardinal doctrine of modern constitutional theory, placing full constitutional authority in the people at large, rather than in the hands of judges, kings, or a political elite. Although its classic formulation is to be found in the major theoretical treatments of the modern state, such as in the treatises of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, this book explores the intellectual origins of this doctrine and investigates its chief source in late medieval and early modern thought. Long regarded the principal source for modern legal reasoning, Roman law had a profound impact on the major architects of popular sovereignty such as Francois Hotman, Jean Bodin, and Hugo Grotius. Adopting the juridical language of obligations, property, and personality as well as the model of the Roman constitution, these jurists crafted a uniform theory that located the right of sovereignty in the people at large as the legal owners of state authority. In recovering the origins of popular sovereignty, the book demonstrates the importance of the Roman law as a chief source of modern constitutional thought.

Popular Sovereignty in Early Modern Constitutional Thought

Manuela Fina

Justin S. Golub

This issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics, Guest Edited by Drs. Manuela Fina, Justin S. Golub, and Daniel Lee, is devoted to Endoscopic Ear Surgery. This issue is one of six selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Sujana S. Chandrasekhar. Articles in this important issue include: History of Endoscopic Ear Surgery; Endoscopes and Exoscopes for Otology and Neurotology; Redefining middle ear anatomy and physiology; Getting started with Endoscopic Ear Surgery; Otoendoscopy in the Office and Operating Room; Teaching Tools for Endoscopic Ear Surgery; Endoscopic Myringoplasty and Tympanoplasty; Novel Radiologic Approaches for Cholesteatoma Detection; Endoscopic Ear Surgery for Congenital Cholesteatoma; Endoscopic Management of Pediatric Chronic Ear Disease; Endoscopic Management of Acquired Cholesteatoma; Endoscopic Stapes Surgery; Endoscopic-assisted Lateral Skull Base Surgery; New Navigation Approaches for Endoscopic Lateral Skull Base Surgery; Endoscopic-assisted Drug Delivery for Inner Ear Regeneration; Pearls and pitfall in Endoscopic Ear Surgery; Future of Endoscopic Ear Surgery; and The Role for Microsurgery of the Ear.

Endoscopic Ear Surgery, An Issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America EBook

Ein rätselhafter Fund führt in eine dunkle Vergangenheit Eine Studentin kauft in Prag einen alten Sessel – und entdeckt darin Jahrzehnte später persönliche Papiere eines Deutschen aus der NS-Zeit. Daniel Lee erfährt von der Geschichte und beginnt nachzuforschen: Wer war der Mann? Wie lebte er? Akribische Recherchen offenbaren: Der Vorbesitzer des Sessels war SS-Obersturmführer und nahm am brutalen deutschen Vernichtungskrieg in Russland teil, ab 1943 beaufsichtigte er die Rekrutierung und den Einsatz von Zwangsarbeitern in Prag. Sein Werdegang steht beispielhaft für die vielen "normalen" Menschen, die in der verbrecherischen Maschinerie des NS-Regimes dienten. Zugleich wird deutlich: dieses Erbe lastet mit traumatischen Spätfolgen auf den Nachkommen von Tätern und Opfern.

Eine Spur in den Holocaust und die Geschichte eines ganz normalen Täters

Der Sessel

Guy Williams

Chris White

Nancy Le Nezet

Developed directly with the IB, dedicated assessment support straight from the IB builds confidence, and student samples drive critical thought on constructing strong responses. The most comprehensive coverage of the core content Being Human, this course book will help learners grasp complex philosophical ideas and develop crucial thinking skills · The most comprehensive coverage of the core content Being Human, developed directly with the IB · Engage learners in the course, with excerpts from a range of philosophers spurring critical discussion · Help students understand exam achievement levels and progress attainment with clear student samples · Assessment support straight from the IB cements assessment potential · Support all learning styles and simplify complex philosophical ideas using clear visuals and illustrations · Reinforce all key ideas with integrated activities helping extend and deepen understanding About the series: IB Diploma Course Books are essential resource materials designed in cooperation with the IB to provide students with extra support through their IB studies. Course Books provide advice and guidance on specific course assessment requirements, mirroring the IB philosophy and providing opportunities for critical thinking.

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Nečekaný nález nacistických dokumentů vede do temné minulosti právníka a důstojníka SS působícího v Praze... V čalounění 70 let starého křesla byly nalezeny dokumenty označené svastikou. Autor této knihy, historik Daniel Lee, se vydává po stopách tohoto tajemství, dohledává žijící příbuzné a postupně odhaluje temné detaily ze života Dr. Griesingera. Právníka říšského ministerstva hospodářství a práce v Praze, jehož kariéra je typická pro mnoho „normálních“ lidí, kteří sloužili v mašinérii nacistického režimu.Poutavé vyprávění o ambicích i rodinném životě ve Třetí říši, odkazující na holocaust a hrůzy války.

Esesákovo křeslo

Are you computer illiterate? Have you ever called technical support? Do you work in the I.T. field and deal with technologically challenged people all day? Have you ever had a strong desire to throw your computer out a window? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you picked the right book! Join author Daniel Lee as he takes you on a hilarious ride through the wacky world of a tech support. Taken from real stories collected throughout Daniel's illustrious career, There's No Crying in I.T. offers a rare glimpse behind the cubicle of a helpful, caring, and at times, comically frustrated technical support professional.

There's No Crying in I.t.

Des documents enfouis dans un fauteuil pendant soixante-dix ans peuvent transformer un historien en détective, a fortiori s’ils sont estampillés de la croix gammée. Le nazisme est un sujet que Daniel Lee connaît bien, pourtant le nom du propriétaire de ces papiers lui est inconnu. Lorsqu’il décide de retracer son itinéraire, il découvre qu’il s’agit d’un officier SS qui, dans les années 1930, a exercé comme juriste à l’hôtel Silber, quartier général de la Gestapo à Stuttgart. Au fil des recherches, l’univers familial de l’inconnu s’esquisse: la branche paternelle qui a vécu pendant plusieurs générations à La Nouvelle- Orléans dans un climat de haine raciale, les parents qui ont reconstitué à Stuttgart une villa digne de la Louisiane, la femme déclarée «apte» au mariage par la SS et les deux filles qui ignorent tout du passé de leur père. Peu à peu se dessine le parcours de l’officier qui a sillonné la France et ensuite l’Ukraine au sein de la Wehrmacht. Son rôle et sa responsabilité dans la machine criminelle du Troisième Reich se précisent dans cette étonnante chronique du quotidien d’un «nazi ordinaire». Une quête acharnée de la vérité qui est aussi un puissant révélateur des non-dits et des silences familiaux du narrateur.

Le Fauteuil de l'officer SS

EZ Spanish Grammar

Based on documents discovered concealed within a simple chair for seventy years, this gripping investigation into the life of a single S.S. officer during World War Two encapsulates the tragic experience of a generation of Europeans One night at a dinner party in Florence, historian Daniel Lee was told about a remarkable discovery. An upholsterer in Amsterdam had found a bundle of swastika-covered documents inside the cushion of an armchair he was repairing. They belonged to Dr. Robert Griesinger, a lawyer from Stuttgart, who joined the S.S. and worked at the Reich's Ministry of Economics and Labor in Nazi-occupied Prague during the war. An expert in the history of the Holocaust, Lee was fascinated to know more about this man--and how his most precious documents ended up hidden inside a chair, hundreds of miles from Prague and Stuttgart. In The S.S. Officer's Armchair, Lee weaves detection with biography to tell an astonishing narrative of ambition and intimacy in the Third Reich. He uncovers Griesinger's American back-story--his father was born in New Orleans and the family had ties to the plantations and music halls of nineteenth century Louisiana. As Lee follows the footsteps of a rank and file Nazi official seventy years later, and chronicles what became of him and his family at the war's end, Griesinger's role in Nazi crimes comes into focus. When Lee stumbles on an unforeseen connection between Griesinger and the murder of his own relatives in the Holocaust, he must grapple with potent questions about blame, manipulation, and responsibility. The S.S. Officer's Armchair is an enthralling detective story and a reconsideration of daily life in the Third Reich. It provides a window into the lives of Hitler's millions of nameless followers and into the mechanisms through which ordinary people enacted history's most extraordinary atrocity.

Uncovering the Hidden Life of a Nazi

The S. S. Officer's Armchair

Frederick L Ahearn Jr

Robert O'Gorman

The milestone text integrating the disciplines of social work and divinity! In everyday life, spirituality and the practice of effective social work are inseparable. As a result, professionals and social service administrators have in recent years felt a stronger obligation to attend to the spiritual needs of clients. Social Work and Divinity examines the potential of integrating the disciplines of social work with divinity to achieve positive results in practice while answering spiritual concerns. Internationally respected scholars from diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds discuss the academic as well as the practical issues involved in the establishment and growth of dual degree programs. Social Work and Divinity comprehensively explores both the theoretical and the practical foundations of joint professional education and practice for social work and divinity dual degree programs. The book provides suggestions that will guide educators, practitioners, administrators, and students to develop spiritually sensitive approaches to counseling people. Emerging human needs are explored, along with the challenges inherent in the multiple roles a counselor must adopt when developing an interdisciplinary approach. Well-reasoned, insightful, thoroughly referenced, empirically reinforced with tables, this is an essential text sure to become a choice educational reference. Social Work and Divinity discusses: the role of religion and spirituality in clinical social work the challenges for students integrating the curriculums of social work and divinity the collaboration to respond to the broader demands of emerging human needs the empirical evidence advocating the benefits of dual degree programs the challenges for educational institutions adopting dual degree programs in social work and divinity the formation of a professional identity in dual degree training and supervision the issues of teaching about organized religion in social work practical advice on integrating religion and social work the role of faith and spirituality in social work education Social Work and Divinity is a milestone textbook for graduate schools of social work and divinity and an essential resource for students and faculty involved in each discipline or in dual degree programs.

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