An immersive new approach to the Nuremberg Trial, recounting the stories of the many great writers who came to witness it. Nuremberg, 1945. As the trials of Nazi war criminals begin, some of the most famous writers and journalists gather in the war-torn German city. Among them are Rebecca West, John Dos Passos, Martha Gellhorn, Erika Mann, and Janet Flanner. Rallied at the press camp at Schloss Faber-Castell, where journalists sleep ten to a room, complain about the food, and engage in lively discussions at the bar, they attempt to find words for the unprecedented events they are witnessing. […]

As Uwe Neumahr seeks a compelling portrait of our literary luminaries at Nuremberg, he takes us to the heart of the political and cultural conflicts of the time - observing history being made at the same time it is being written.