A German Love Story
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A German Love Story by Rolf Hochhuth is a haunting and deeply moving work of historical fiction set against the backdrop of Nazi Germany during World War II. Based on a true story, it chronicles the forbidden romance between a young German woman and a Polish forced laborer — a relationship that carried deadly consequences under the brutal racial laws of the Third Reich. Hochhuth, renowned for his provocative moral dramas, writes with unflinching honesty and searing emotional intensity, refusing to let the reader look away from the human cost of ideological hatred. The narrative uncovers the quiet acts of courage and defiance that ordinary people were capable of in the most extraordinary and terrifying of circumstances. A powerful testament to love's resilience in the face of state-sanctioned terror, this story stands as both a deeply personal tragedy and a sober indictment of a regime built on dehumanization.
Author: Rolf Hochhuth
Format: Paperback
Published: 1981, Abacus
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A German Love Story by Rolf Hochhuth is a haunting and deeply moving work of historical fiction set against the backdrop of Nazi Germany during World War II. Based on a true story, it chronicles the forbidden romance between a young German woman and a Polish forced laborer — a relationship that carried deadly consequences under the brutal racial laws of the Third Reich. Hochhuth, renowned for his provocative moral dramas, writes with unflinching honesty and searing emotional intensity, refusing to let the reader look away from the human cost of ideological hatred. The narrative uncovers the quiet acts of courage and defiance that ordinary people were capable of in the most extraordinary and terrifying of circumstances. A powerful testament to love's resilience in the face of state-sanctioned terror, this story stands as both a deeply personal tragedy and a sober indictment of a regime built on dehumanization.