NAFUSA member Herbert Stern has co-authored, along with Alan A. Winter, “Wolf: A Novel”, a novel about Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. There are lots of great reviews on Amazon, Goodreads and on March 31, 2020, Shawn Tully wrote in Fortune Magazine,

A novel about Adolf Hitler’s rise to power doesn’t sound the ideal diversion we’re all craving to escape cabin fever.

 

But Wolf (Skyhorse) is that rare blend that puts the reader in the limos and backrooms with the gang of diabolical villains who conned the German masses and changed the arc of history, while providing a detailed, factually meticulous account of the fifteen years of tumult leading to the birth of the Third Reich.

 

Wolf could be considered a “forensic thriller.” While working through its 549 pages, this Fortune writer cooped up in Manhattan’s Chelsea found himself both learning lots of new things about the stricken German spirit and economy of 1920s and early 1930s, and itching to discover where the next twist would take a cast of characters brought fully to life, including brave and lovable madams, dance hall impresarios, police chiefs, and actresses who refused to compromise their humanity- and suffered dearly for it.

Judge Stern served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey 1971-1974. In 1962-1965, he served as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan, participating in the investigation of the assassination of Malcolm X. He also served in the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the U.S. Department of Justice. He was appointed by President Nixon to serve on the U.S. District Court in the district of New Jersey, serving from 1974-1987. He has authored several books on trial advocacy and Judgment in Berlin, later made into a film.

Judge Stern is a partner and founding member of Stern & Kilcullen. He earned his J.D. from the Universtiy of Chicago Law School.