The Łódź Ghetto, established by the Nazis in Poland, was always on the infamous list of places where Jews were confined before eventual deportation (for most) to the death camps. This partly fictionalised account of its inception is all too plausible. That the Russian writer…

As a cultured and affluent-looking couple celebrating their golden wedding share leftover cake from the party over a crossword, you could be forgiven for assuming we were already tackling marriage. But when another woman…