Frank Binder
Auteur van Their Cemetery Sown with Corn: An Englishman Stands Against the Nazi Storm
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Unfortunately a DNF for me.
I usually am fascinated by books dealing with different perspectives of Germany during WWII, but this one was just too slow and bogged down in details that it never really grabbed my attention.
I usually am fascinated by books dealing with different perspectives of Germany during WWII, but this one was just too slow and bogged down in details that it never really grabbed my attention.
Unfortunately a DNF for me.
I usually am fascinated by books dealing with different perspectives of Germany during WWII, but this one was just too slow and bogged down in details that it never really grabbed my attention.
I usually am fascinated by books dealing with different perspectives of Germany during WWII, but this one was just too slow and bogged down in details that it never really grabbed my attention.
The author, Frank Binder, died in 1962, but an old student of his found the manuscript left with Binder's daughter and had it published. Binder was a student and teacher in Germany during the rise of the Nazi regime in the 1930s and saw the effects on ordinary townsfolk of the brutal and horrific doctrine first hand. His "factional" novel, somewhat autobiographical, deals with the young teacher and his efforts to figure out the right thing to do when forced to lie for the truth. Brilliantly written, plotted and characterized, one of the best in its genre I have read. Not sentimental or judgemental, the author is able to place a poignant story of love and betrayal amidst history's worst social and political phenomena of the 20th century. Absolutey 4****.… (meer)
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I usually am fascinated by books dealing with different perspectives of Germany during WWII, but this one was just too slow and bogged down in details that it never really grabbed my attention.