A German's Story - What I Remember (1914-1933)

“The state requires the individual person to break away from his friends, to abandon his lover, to give up his own ideas and adopt the ideas put before him, to greet people in a different way than he is used to, to eat and drink things other than what he likes, to waste his free time on certain activities he hates, to indulge himself in adventures he completely rejects. He demands that he be at his service, reject his past and self, and show intense enthusiasm and gratitude at all times while doing all this, by making terrible threats. The individual person was not born a hero, and being a martyr does not even cross his mind. He is an ordinary person, he has many weaknesses... But he does not want what is demanded of him, so he accepts the duel - he is not very excited, he accepts the duel with a shrug of his shoulders, but on the other hand he has a quiet determination and will not give up.” I remember the Nazis coming to power step by step, "Oh no, will it ever happen?" The testimony of an ordinary German who experienced the truth of what was said... We are faced with someone who is not political, who watches the hardening political struggle from a sheltered position and says, "They won't touch me." He realizes, slowly and with a shudder, how this totalitarian power touches everyone, everything, every aspect of life, and his breath becomes short. This book is the story of that chill. A German's Story is a narrative that allows us to understand Nazism/fascism with a depth and feeling that theoretical texts and history books cannot convey. “Haffner's narrative is remarkable not only for the brilliance of his style, his poetic liveliness and clear vision, but also for his sensitivity to perceive the changes that are slowly approaching - as if he were a direct victim of anti-Semitic terror.”

- Der Spiegel -

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

First Print Year: 2018

Number of Pages: 270

Size: 13 x 19.5