Collaborators

What do a Dutch Jew-'fixer', a Manchurian princess, and Himmler's personal masseur have in common?

Yet they became the central characters of Ian Buruma's group biography.

According to the author, they are united by an unrestrained tendency to create fantastic images of themselves.

As a result, debates continue about whether to regard them as criminals or heroes.

An excellently funded parallel biography provides ample food for thought about the diversity of human destinies in an era of global catastrophe.