Nein, Nein, Nein!: One Man’s Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust

In 2016, Jerry Stahl was at a transitional moment in his life. He was working on a pitch for a TV series based on his second chance at fatherhood in his sixties. However, his marriage was on the rocks and depression clung to him as if it were Velcro. He decided to take a trip to Europe where he would partake in a guided tour through Poland and Germany exploring the horrors of the Holocaust.

While walking a perpetual tightrope in not alienating his fellow travelers, Stahl saw the grim reminders of a not-so-distant past where millions met hell on earth upon entrance at Auschwitz, Dachau, and other places of infamy. The tour would only last a limited number of days, but the solemn memories hit hard with Stahl and have remained with him in the succeeding years.

Nein, Nein, Nein is the latest release from the stellar pen of author Jerry Stahl (Permanent Midnight). Stahl’s storytelling is capable of sending the reader into paroxysms of laughter right before hitting you with a poignancy that wounds your soul. Stahl’s genius is in counterbalancing the surreal with the heartfelt, the absurd with the dark humor.