The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell

The Kindly Ones : Paperback : Vintage Publishing : 9780099513148 : 0099513145 : 04 Mar 2010 : Dr Max Aue is a family man and owner of a lace factory in post-war France. He was an observer and then a participant in Nazi atrocities on the Eastern Front, he was present at the siege of Stalingrad, at the death camps, and finally caught up in the overthrow of the Nazis and the nightmarish fall of Berlin.