Ordinary Men Chapter 4: When the Deportations Began
Imagine filing a report about transporting a thousand people to a death camp, and your biggest complaint is that the butter went rancid.
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Chapter 12: Blowup - Everything Falls Apart
Autumn 2008. The financial world is on fire. Barack Obama and John McCain are fighting for the presidency, and nobody in America is paying attention to the earthquake hitting Swiss banking. But Birkenfeld is watching every crack form from his ankle-monitored life in Boston.
Ordinary Men Chapter 3: The Order Police in Russia 1941
Before the killing fields of Poland, there was Russia. And what happened there in the summer of 1941 set the template for everything that followed.
Chapter 11 Part 2: The Twilight Zone - Deeper Down the Rabbit Hole
Birkenfeld was supposed to testify before the Senate. Instead, he watched the whole thing from a couch with a beer.
Ordinary Men Chapter 2: The Order Police
How does a police force built to keep order end up carrying out one of history’s worst crimes? That is the story of Chapter 2.
Chapter 11 Part 1: The Twilight Zone - Nothing Makes Sense Anymore
Birkenfeld is now a free man with an ankle monitor and no passport. The guy who handed the US government the biggest tax fraud case in history is being treated like a flight risk. Welcome to the twilight zone.
Ordinary Men Chapter 1: One Morning in Józefów
Imagine getting woken up before dawn, loaded onto a truck, and driven for two hours down a bumpy gravel road with no idea where you are going or what you are about to do. Now imagine being told, once you arrive, that your job today is to murder 1,500 people.
Chapter 10: Hunted - When the Hunter Becomes the Prey
January 2008. Birkenfeld was back in Geneva, breathing cold Alpine air and trying to enjoy his freedom. He had given everything to the US Senate, the IRS, and the SEC. They were grateful. But the DOJ prosecutor Kevin Downing? He still wanted Birkenfeld’s head on a plate. This is Chapter 10 of my Lucifer’s Banker Uncensored retelling.
Ordinary Men: A Book Retelling Series You Need to Read
What happens when normal, everyday people are put into extraordinary circumstances? Not soldiers. Not fanatics. Just regular middle-aged guys from Hamburg with families and day jobs.
Chapter 9 Part 2: Tightrope - No Turning Back
The grenade was out of the bag. This is the second half of Chapter 9 in my Lucifer’s Banker Uncensored retelling series.