The Hand That Signed the Paper

Helen Demidenko is the pseudonym of Australian author Helen Dale (born Helen Darville), best known for her controversial 1994 novel The Hand That Signed the Paper, which depicts a Ukrainian family's collaboration with Nazis during the Holocaust and sparked a major literary scandal when her fabricated Ukrainian heritage was revealed. The book won the Australian/Vogel Literary Award (1993), Miles Franklin Award (1994), and Australian Literature Society Gold Medal (1995).Helen Dale