Title: The man with the miraculous hands
First published: 1961
Description: The book tells the  story of Dr Felix Kersten, a masseur who treated Heinrich Himmler, Hitler's Gestapo chief for his stomach ailments which no other doctor could cure and succeeded in persuading Himmler to spare the lives of thousands of Jews and others interned in Nazi prisons and concentration camps. An incredible true story.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945
Places: Germany, Holland, Sweden
People: Felix Kersten (1898-1960), Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945)
Time periods: 1939-1945