Berlin polar uchronic

halfway between 'the Master of the High Castle' Dick, more ambitious but ultimately not very convincing, and 'Berlin Trilogy' Kerr a bit feeble in Part III (after the war), that: Vaterland, no, Forgiveness: Fatherland, is a well-made thriller, well built and very knowledgeable about the Nazi period, no great surprise but the fall is quite plausible;
no pathos, no unnecessary psychology to illustrate a dreadful period of European history, which could be extended until 1964 at least, if the Germans had won the battle of Stalingrad; this is where lies the alternate history.
the author avoids falling into precisely the trap that often impairs the likelihood in this kind of exercise, his hero is not one, it's just a small cog in the big flu that Nazi machine;
this novel suggests much more demonstrative than others over the period ....
do not forget the mischievous wink from the author: the US president in 1964, that should come to Berlin to meet Hitler is a .... Kennedy, but Joseph's father !!!! says he arriving: 'Ich bin ein Berliner' .......................