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1. 1. Children Of Radium

   A Buried Inheritance

   

   Joe Dunthorne investigates his great‑grandfather Siegfried Merzbacher’s hidden past after uncovering a long, unpublished memoir. Merzbacher was a German‑Jewish chemist who created radioactive household products and later became involved in military chemical work in 1930s Germany. Dunthorne follows archival clues and travels across Europe and Turkey to confront the moral complexity and lasting consequences of his family’s history.

   The 12743rd Greatest Book of All Time

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