Well-Kept RuinsA genre defying book from one of Frances most well known philosopher writers. In the Lower Saxony region of northwestern Germany sits the city of Osnabrck. This is where, in 1648, the Peace of Westphalia was signed, bringing the Thirty Years War and one of the most calamitous periods of European history to an end. But the city was later to witness another calamity. Today, as one walks through Old Synagogue Street in a rich neighborhood of Osnabrck,