Europa Editions
Given the number of Holocaust novels I read this year (and, really, any year) I’d say this was my favorite. Based on the true story of a priest who snuck Jewish prisoners into the Vatican by turning them into a choir so he could save their lives, the father raised the ire of the Nazi brass all the way to the top. Between him and his collaborators, they saved a good number of lives but also cheated their own deaths. Mostly.