I worked in Hollywood for many years as a publicist, helping shape other people’s stories. The most important story of my own life, though, has remained untold. It was a family secret I had carried since I was about 8 years old, but I’ve never spoken about it until now.My father was a German Nazi.He wasn’t a reluctant conscript, or a man swept along by circumstance. He was a true believer. During World War II, he served under the command of the Schutzstaffel, or SS, a Nazi paramilitary organization, and ultimately became part of the Gestapo, Hitler’s most feared instrument...