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Wenn Hitler den Krieg gewonnen hätte
German
- GenresNonfictionHistory
383 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1989
About the author
Ralph Giordano
40 books3 followersRalph Giordano was a German writer and publicist.
Born to a Sicilian father and a Jewish mother, he was soon persecuted by the Nazi regime. His family survived the Holocaust by hiding in a friend's basement. After his experiences, he became a communist, but soon grew estranged because of his dislike for Stalinism and exited the German Communist Party in 1957.
In 1982, he published his most widely known work, Die Bertinis, a semi-autobiographical novel portraying the experiences of a family of mixed ethnic heritage (including Jewish) from the end of the 19th Century through the end of World War II. In 1988, it was presented in a television series aired on the Second German TV network (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, or ZDF).
Thereafter Giordano worked as a freelance writer and wrote numerous articles about his experiences in Nazi Germany and about the dangers of Neo-Nazi movements. He saw Islam as a threat: In a New York Times interview in 2007, he vehemently opposed the construction of a new mosque in Cologne, citing German mosques as "a symbol of a parallel society", and called the integration of German Muslims "a failure".
Ralph Giordano died on Dec. 10, 2014, aged 91, in a Cologne hospital of complications following a hip fracture.
Born to a Sicilian father and a Jewish mother, he was soon persecuted by the Nazi regime. His family survived the Holocaust by hiding in a friend's basement. After his experiences, he became a communist, but soon grew estranged because of his dislike for Stalinism and exited the German Communist Party in 1957.
In 1982, he published his most widely known work, Die Bertinis, a semi-autobiographical novel portraying the experiences of a family of mixed ethnic heritage (including Jewish) from the end of the 19th Century through the end of World War II. In 1988, it was presented in a television series aired on the Second German TV network (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, or ZDF).
Thereafter Giordano worked as a freelance writer and wrote numerous articles about his experiences in Nazi Germany and about the dangers of Neo-Nazi movements. He saw Islam as a threat: In a New York Times interview in 2007, he vehemently opposed the construction of a new mosque in Cologne, citing German mosques as "a symbol of a parallel society", and called the integration of German Muslims "a failure".
Ralph Giordano died on Dec. 10, 2014, aged 91, in a Cologne hospital of complications following a hip fracture.
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March 28, 2020
Sehr gut recherchiert. Mit dem Thema "Pläne nach dem Krieg" habe ich mich bisher nicht auseinder gesetzt. Es war auch nie Teil des Geschichteunterrichts in der Schule. Ich muss sagen, dass es definitiv in den Lehrplan aufgenommen werden sollte.
Nachdem und schon während des Lesens ist mir eines klar geworden - zum Glück wurde dieser Krieg nicht gewonnen. Ich möchte es mir gar nicht vorstellen was wirklich mit Europa und der Welt wäre, wenn die Pläne im die Tat umgesetzt hätten werden können.
Nachdem und schon während des Lesens ist mir eines klar geworden - zum Glück wurde dieser Krieg nicht gewonnen. Ich möchte es mir gar nicht vorstellen was wirklich mit Europa und der Welt wäre, wenn die Pläne im die Tat umgesetzt hätten werden können.
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