“Whether or not we are responsible for the misdeeds of our ancestors, it’s come to seem certain that we will have to pay for them.” —Francine Prose https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/04/24/poisoning-the-family-tree-children-of-radium-dunthorne/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2025-04-20_Prose-Dunthorne-2
Poisoning the Family Tree | Francine Prose

At the center of Children of Radium is Joe Dunthorne’s search for information about his great-grandfather—a German Jewish scientist who helped developed chemical weapons for the Nazis.

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