Last Jew in Prague
Colin J Cohen
Struggling to survive a freezing, rainy night in the desert, a homeless man recalls what his grandfather struggled to survive many years earlier and how his connection to this upended his own life.
Hermann Weiss was the best police detective in Prague’s Jewish district of Josefov until the Nazis occupy the city and deport its Jews and he finds himself in Theresienstadt concentration camp waiting his turn to die. One night, he receives a visit from an SS captain named Klaus Stamm, who’d been his friend in college before their falling out over Hermann’s future wife Ana. Klaus offers Hermann his freedom if he can discover who murdered three SS officers found near synagogues in Josefov, and he threatens to shoot him if he refuses.
Not believing the offer and reeling from the recent loss of Ana, Hermann only agrees to help because of a promise that he’d made to her. But as he delves into the case, he feels it’s leading him somewhere and becomes driven to solve it. The two men, in spite of tensions threatening to boil over, uncover the pursuit of a mysterious treasure hidden beneath the synagogues. Which leads them toward both the killer and Hermann’s fate.
A novel that blends historical fiction, mystery, and magic realism, Last Jew in Prague is about lifting yourself up when all you want to do is keep falling. But it's more than a novel.
I was your typical urban professional before struggling with homelessness and depression. This story inspired me forward, and I hope you find it as inspiring.
Duration - 9h 32m.
Author - Colin J Cohen.
Narrator - Colin J Cohen.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2022 Colin J Cohen ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Struggling to survive a freezing, rainy night in the desert, a homeless man recalls what his grandfather struggled to survive many years earlier and how his connection to this upended his own life. Hermann Weiss was the best police detective in Prague’s Jewish district of Josefov until the Nazis occupy the city and deport its Jews and he finds himself in Theresienstadt concentration camp waiting his turn to die. One night, he receives a visit from an SS captain named Klaus Stamm, who’d been his friend in college before their falling out over Hermann’s future wife Ana. Klaus offers Hermann his freedom if he can discover who murdered three SS officers found near synagogues in Josefov, and he threatens to shoot him if he refuses. Not believing the offer and reeling from the recent loss of Ana, Hermann only agrees to help because of a promise that he’d made to her. But as he delves into the case, he feels it’s leading him somewhere and becomes driven to solve it. The two men, in spite of tensions threatening to boil over, uncover the pursuit of a mysterious treasure hidden beneath the synagogues. Which leads them toward both the killer and Hermann’s fate. A novel that blends historical fiction, mystery, and magic realism, Last Jew in Prague is about lifting yourself up when all you want to do is keep falling. But it's more than a novel. I was your typical urban professional before struggling with homelessness and depression. This story inspired me forward, and I hope you find it as inspiring. Duration - 9h 32m. Author - Colin J Cohen. Narrator - Colin J Cohen. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2022 Colin J Cohen ©.
Language:
English
opening credits
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preface
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chapter one: a pair of nights
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chapter two: when a predator becomes prey
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chapter three: a promise unsaid
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chapter four: smetana in theresienstadt
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chapter five: the envy of every woman
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chapter six: the woman in the yellow shawl
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chapter seven: a spark of aspiration
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chapter eight: an unexpected kindness
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chapter nine: dreaming of knaidels
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chapter ten: the café across from jáchym street
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chapter eleven: the pickle jar by the window
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chapter twelve: it happened on kant street
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chapter thirteen: a door ajar
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chapter fourteen: out of a wagnerian opera
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chapter fifteen: the stomping feet
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chapter sixteen: a mirror reflecting time
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chapter seventeen: the book of creation
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chapter eighteen: the exhibition of extinct peoples
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chapter nineteen: their own triple entente
Duration:00:15:07
chapter twenty: three plates of venison
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chapter twenty-one: an unlikely turn
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chapter twenty-two: the blessing after the meal
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chapter twenty-three: the voice on the phone
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chapter twenty-four: something like a drug
Duration:00:10:33
chapter twenty-five: in the rain
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chapter twenty-six: one mystery leads to another
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chapter twenty-seven: the footprints in the cellar
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chapter twenty-eight: under the glare of jan hus
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chapter twenty-nine: bumping into each other
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chapter thirty: the joy of potato dumplings
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chapter thirty-one: collaborating with the enemy
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chapter thirty-two: when a chicken scratches
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chapter thirty-three: a ride in a paternoster
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chapter thirty-four: the eyes of a golem
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chapter thirty-five: a small amount of happiness
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chapter thirty-six: the skirt-chaser
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chapter thirty-seven: the swatting of a fly
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chapter thirty-eight: the man who refused to collaborate
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chapter thirty-nine: what lurks in the shadows
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chapter forty: returning to the scene of the crime
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chapter forty-one: a large number of valuables
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chapter forty-two: the circumstances of his death
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chapter forty-three: pretending it all away
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chapter forty-four: dinner with hegel and heisenberg and a man named saul
Duration:00:26:42
chapter forty-five: different turns of the same phrase
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chapter forty-six: cutting to the chase
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chapter forty-seven: the last goodbye
Duration:00:09:03
chapter forty-eight: the kindness of his smile
Duration:00:04:52
chapter forty-nine: the papers on the floor
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chapter fifty: in pursuit of mr. malý
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chapter fifty-one: good king wenceslas
Duration:00:06:25
chapter fifty-two: a sense of something familiar
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chapter fifty-three: from deep inside the building
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chapter fifty-four: limitless unknowns and no equations
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chapter fifty-five: a sudden burst of excitement
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chapter fifty-six: following the suspects
Duration:00:14:13
chapter fifty-seven: a stunning realization
Duration:00:21:34
chapter fifty-eight: the road from home
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ending credits
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