Menachem Kaiser wins Sami Rohr Prize for nonfiction

(JNS) - The Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, in association with the National Library of Israel, announces Menachem Kaiser, author of "Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure" as the winner of its 2022 award for nonfiction.

Heritage editor, Christine DeSouza, wrote a book review about Kaiser's book in the June 4, 2021 issue of the paper.

The story recounts the author's Holocaust-survivor grandfather's battle to reclaim the family's apartment building in Sosnowiec, Poland and the treasure that could possibly have been hidden in the home. It is a deeply immersive adventure s...