The gripping account of one historian's hunt for answers as he delves into the surprising life
of an ordinary Nazi officer. 'Totally exhilarating' Philippe SandsIt 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. As Lee delves deeper Griesinger emerges as at
once an ordinary man with a family and ambitions and an active participant in the Nazi
machinery of terror whose choices continue to reverberate today. 'Gripping it unfolds like a
detective story as an obscured past emerges into the light' Hadley Freeman author of House of
Glass'An absorbing work of historical detection... Riveting' Evening Standard
