Set in Nazi Germany, <i>Massaging Himmler: A Poetic Biography of Dr Felix Kersten</i> tells in verse the remarkable story of a little-known humanitarian. Kersten was a Finnish-born therapeutic masseur who found himself at the centre of the Nazi web, treating <i>Reichsführer</i> Heinrich Himmler (head of the SS and the Gestapo) for stomach cramps, which sometimes rendered him unconscious, and which no other practitioner could relieve. Dr Kersten massaged Himmler daily...
