The Bizarre Guesthouse of Nuremberg

Natalie Livingston's new book focuses on the bizarre guesthouse in Nuremberg that hosted witnesses to the Nuremberg trials – from Nazi generals to Holocaust survivors. The hostess, Countess Ingeborg Kalnoky, managed the tensions among the guests, including Karl Haushofer and Heinrich Hoffmann.

Natalie Livingston's new book, "The Women of Nuremberg: The Untold Story of the Eight Women Who Prosecuted the Nazis," focuses on the bizarre guesthouse opened by the Allies in Nuremberg in the fall of 1945. The house hosted witnesses to the Nuremberg trials, from German generals and Nazi academics to Holocaust survivors. The hostess was Countess Ingeborg Kalnoky, a Prussian aristocrat chosen by the Americans. The article describes Ingeborg's background, her escape from the Nazis with her family, her arrival in Nuremberg, and her role in managing tensions in the house. Among the guests described: Karl Haushofer, a Nazi intellectual who was Hitler's political mentor, and Heinrich Hoffmann, Hitler's personal photographer, who denied Hitler's knowledge of the camps.