"An astonishing story, brilliantly told."
- Roger Moorhouse, author of Berlin at War

"Well written... Since there are exaggerated accounts of Nazi interest in the occult, it's refreshing to have this subject engaged in a thoughtful way."
- Gerhard Weinberg, noted historian of Nazi Germany

"Hanussen (& his relation to Hitler) is one of the strangest enigmas of the pre-war era. Magida has done a great service in illuminating this figure of mystery..."
- Ron Rosenbaum, author of Explaining Hitler

“... a fascinating journey into the magical thinking of Hitler & his cronies, & the life of a Jewish conjuror who tried—and failed—the ultimate magic trick: to survive Nazi Germany as one of Hitler’s own.”
- Stephen L. Macknik & Susana Martinez-Conde, authors of Sleights of Mind

"In a history that reads like a novel, Magida gives us much more than a finely written & well-researched examination of the 'Nazi' Jewish psychic."
- Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, author of Kabbalah: A Love Story

"Magida's passion illuminates an engaging account of a momentous, sinister &, at times, tragicomic episode of German history."
- Christopher Sandford, author of Masters of Mystery: The Strange Friendship of Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini

"... a chilling parable about the ultimate price paid by those who blindly allied themselves with brute power."
- Mitch Horowitz, author of Occult America