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Just wanted to tell you that I enjoyed Germania very much. I certainly look forward to seeing the other Oppenheimer books translated into english. Will your publisher decide to go ahead? I am certainly curious about how the Oppenheimer's saga plays out. It reminds me of the long running Longmire series of Craig Johnson, where the protagonist's environment is an essential element of the story. Thanks.

Harald Gilbers Thank you so much for your interest. The comparison to the Longmire series is very intriguing. I have to check it out. Your argumentation is absolutel…moreThank you so much for your interest. The comparison to the Longmire series is very intriguing. I have to check it out. Your argumentation is absolutely right. I regard Berlin as a character in itself in my novels. Right now there is no news concerning the sequels in English translation. The decision may take a while. Covid also wreaked havoc in the publishing business and slowed everything down considerably. If anything should develop I will make an announcement here on Goodreads and Facebook. Stay safe.(less)

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I haven’t read your book yet. How do you explain a Jew being still in Germany in 1944 and being recruited by the Gestapo? How realistic is it? Thank you.

Harald Gilbers I refer to the diaries of Victor Klemperer here. Jews who were married to an "Arian" spouse had some little protection at first, because the Nazis wer…moreI refer to the diaries of Victor Klemperer here. Jews who were married to an "Arian" spouse had some little protection at first, because the Nazis were unsure of how to deal with them. In February of 1943 approximately 27,000 Jews still lived in Berlin in so-called Jew-Houses. Of course, this was only a fraction of the initial Jewish population, the majority of them was already killed. Finally, at the beginning of 1945 the last remaining Jews were also transported to the death camps. From then on survival was only possible underground or under an assumed name. I describe this in my second novel "Sons of Odin".

It seems that persons with one Jewish parent were sometimes tolerated, as long as they proved useful to the regime, like Field Marshal Milch. Some of the organizers of the Olympic Summer Games of 1936 were Jewish. As a cynical kind of mercy they were allowed to keep on living in Berlin and were not transported to the death camps. There is however no historical example of a Jewish commissioner forced to work for the SS. My novel is a literary speculation under what circumstances this could have been possible. Chances for this were practically nonexistent, in my novel it only happens because an ambitious SS officer pursues his own agenda.(less)

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	Germania (Oppenheimer #1) by Harald Gilbers (Goodreads Author), Alexandra Roeschm (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 1,276 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Odins Söhne (Oppenheimer, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 2015 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Endzeit 3.90 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 2017 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Totenliste 4.11 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hungerwinter (Oppenheimer #5) 3.88 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2020 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Luftbrücke 4.26 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2021 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trümmertote 4.21 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2023 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tanzpalast 4.26 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2024 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ausgezeichnete Morde by Teresa Pütz (Hrsg.), Sebastian Fitzek (Goodreads Author), Val McDermid 2.78 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Attentat 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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TRÜMMERTOTE (Oppenheimer #7)

In December this year the next adventure in the Oppenheimer series will be published in the original German edition.

Commissioner Oppenheimer chases the Al Capone of Berlin:

»Trümmertote« is the 7th part of the award-winning historical crime series from Berlin in the 1940s.

Berlin 1949: While the clean-up work progresses during the day, crime flourishes at night. Violent crimes in particular are incr Read more of this blog post »

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“Nun ja, zur Feier des Tages', sagte Hilde und nahm das Buch wieder an sich. Dann öffnete sie die Klappe des schwarzen Ofens, der in der Zimmerecke stand, stellte sich davor und deklamierte: 'Für Stefan Zweig'. Dann warf sie die Luxusausgabe von Hitlers Mein Kampf auf die Kohlen und zündete sie mit einem Streichholz an.”
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