Fatherland

A book by Robert Harris that faces a What if Nazi Germany had greater success invading Russia, after discovering that Britain had broken their Enigma code, and forced a peace in the west.

A cop in 1964 Nazi Berlin investigates an apparent suicide and finds himself unwrapping a 20-year-old cover-up of what happened to the Jews

This book was the basis for the 1994 HBO movie entitled Fatherland.

Point of divergence from our timeline: 1942

Fa"ther*land" (?), n. [Imitated fr. D. vaderland. See Father, and Land.]

One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.

 

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