The Madagascar Project

Book excerpt: The Madagascar Project envisions that the settlement of Jews in Madagascar on a substantial scale planned by several East European governments before World War II in fact took place. After invading England in late summer 1940, Nazi Germany realizes the incredible feat of shipping four million Jews to Madagascar between 1941 and 1944. After the war, Madagascar gains its independence, and the Jewish immigrants and local population gradually assimilate, together building a thriving nation. About seventy years later, Michael Blaustein, a brilliant student about to embark in a career in banking, is unwittingly drawn into a terrifying plot by a group of fanatics who want to invade Palestine and set up a Jewish nation there. As a front for the assignment, he is sent to participate in a seminar on developing economics. Realizing the futility of the scheme, Michael vows to derail it. But under duress, he accomplishes his assignment. He goes underground, and in a tight race against time, he sets in motion a chain of events to disrupt the diabolical plans. Pierre R. van den Boogaerde was born and raised in Ghent, Belgium. He studied law and economics in Belgium and the U.S. He spent most of his career working for an international organization based in Washington, D.C., from which he retired two years ago. He now lives in France. Publisher's Website: http: //SBPRA.com/PierreRvandenBoogaerde