One of the earliest expressions of totalitarianism in German-Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann’s novel The Director unfolds in ...

He wanted to be a priest but instead was drafted into the German army for its last big push ... their lives? Berest’s book is a hit in France—it’s sold more than 300,000 copies and landed ...

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The future German man will not just be a man of books, but a man of character. It is to this end that we want to educate you. ... And thus you do well in this midnight hour to commit to the flames ...

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UNQUIET NIGHT (122 pp.)—Albrechf Goes—Houghfon Mifflin ($2.25). “Heil Hitler, padre! . . . Let’s skip all the phony piety, shall we? When a man deserts he’s asking for all he gets ...

But the book’s circuitous ... Dunthorne had access to the German original, about 1,800 typewritten pages, as well as to a translated, abridged version distributed to family members.