Long-buried Nazi atrocities, retold in Robert Rotenberg’s new crime novel, have lessons for today

JL;DR SUMMARY Robert Rotenberg's new crime novel "What We Buried" delves into a long-buried Nazi atrocity in Gubbio, Italy, shedding light on Canada's past of allowing former Nazi soldiers to settle in the country after World War II. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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