L'Oreal Took My Home: the Secrets of a Theft by Monica Waitzfelder
Arcadia Books £7.99

Waitzfelder's Jewish grandparents fled Germany in 1938, forced to sell their home by the Nazis who would later kill them. Growing up in Brazil, Waitzfelder was intrigued by her mother's version of what happened next: 'L'Oreal took my home.'

A very personal, passionate record of Waitzfelder's investigation into her mother's claim, this reveals the links between the Vichy government, fascist terrorists and the world's most powerful cosmetics firm. Sixty pages of appendices reproduce the many documents Waitzfelder and her supporters have uncovered during a 15-year investigation, often against the wishes of the authorities.

If Waitzfelder succeeds in taking her case to the European Court of Human Rights, the question for L'Oreal may yet be: is it worth it?