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Daniel Lee
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Daniel Lee is a historian of the Second World War and a specialist in the history of Jews in France and North Africa during the Holocaust. He is a lecturer in modern history at Queen Mary, University of London, and the author of Pétain’s Jewish Children (2014). As a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker, Lee is a regular broadcaster on radio. He lives in north London.

Books by Daniel Lee

The SS Officer's Armchair

A historical detective story and a gripping account of one historian’s hunt for answers as he delves into the surprising life of an ordinary Nazi officer.

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