Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago
Dr. Hans von Trotha, a German historian, novelist, and journalist, briefly explains the fascinating story behind his book Pollak's Arm. There being no existing biography on Ludwig Pollak, an Austro-Czech archaeologist and antiquities dealer living in Rome, von Trotha fictionally re-enacts Pollak's last day before the Nazi roundup in 1943.
Dr. Hans von Trotha, a German historian, novelist, and journalist, briefly explains the fascinating story behind his book Pollak's Arm. There being no existing biography on Ludwig Pollak, an Austro-Czech archaeologist and antiquities dealer living in Rome, von Trotha fictionally re-enacts Pollak's last day before the Nazi roundup in 1943.
