"A finalist for the Nordic Council Award, and an international sensation, THE EMPEROR OF LIES is a powerfully moving story set in World War II Poland. In February 1940, the Nazis established the a Jewish ghetto in the city of ódz. It's chosen leader: Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski. This story chronicles his monarchial rule over a quarter-million Jews for the next four years. Drawing on detailed records of life in the Lodz ghetto, Sem-Sandberg asks the most difficult questions: Was Rumkowski a ruthless opportunist? Or was he a pragmatic strategist who managed to save Jewish lives through his collaboration polices?"--Publisher.