The Language of Thieves: My Family's Obsession with a Secret Code the Nazis Tried to Eliminate by Martin Puchner

The Language of Thieves: My Family's Obsession with a Secret Code the Nazis Tried to Eliminate

Martin Puchner

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
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Centuries ago in middle Europe, a coded language appeared, scrawled in graffiti and spoken only by people who were "wiz" (in the know). This hybrid language, dubbed Rotwelsch, facilitated survival for people in flight--whether escaping persecution...

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