https://pjmedia.com/ronrosenbaum/2009/02/13/what-philip-kerr-says-about-argentina-and-his-novel/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 21:59:48 -0400<![CDATA[First of all I am grateful for his swift response to my inquiry, and I am no less an admirer of his work. I owe him and readers an apology for my hasty misconstrual of his &#8220;Author&#8217;s Note&#8221;: as Kerr&#8217;s remarks in an e mail below make clear the 200,000 figure is from the effects of the secret, sinister anti-semitic &#8220;Directive 11&#8221; and the Argentine government&#8217;s wartime denial of refuge to Jews, not to the post war work of Nazi war criminals and their sympathizers in the Argentine government although his novelistic speculation is based on the ersistence of strories to that efffect.]]>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:54:25 -0500<![CDATA[Ron Rosenbaum]]>https://pjmedia.com/ron-rosenbaum/2009/02/13/what-philip-kerr-says-about-argentina-and-his-novel-n115783