Christmas joy ... in a concentration camp

Odd Nansen's diary shared hope at the darkest of times

Last fall I met an author named Timothy J. Boyce at a book fair. Our tables were placed side by side, and in between chats with potential book buyers, we discovered our mutual love of history, diaries and FDR. At the end of the day, we traded books, and I came home with the treasure he edited, From Day to Day: One Man’s Diary of Survival in Nazi Concent…