The Father of a Murderer

by Alfred Andersch

Book Overview

The Father of a Murderer takes place in a classroom of the Wittelsbach Gymnasium in 1920s Munich over the course of a single Greek lesson. Headmaster Himmler (the father of Heinrich Himmler) enters... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811212610
• ISBN13: 9780811212618
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 95 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Very exciting and historically important

The father of a murderer was in real life the father of the german nationalsocialist politician Heinrich Himmler, one of Hitler's nearest compains. Himmler educated greece at a humanistic school in munich, but he was not human at all. Andersch had to leave school after a very bad verbal test - as well as his brother, who should finish school soon. This little book shows the character of one of the most important leaders in Nazi-Deutschland, and Anderschs finishes the story with a question: "Does humanism protects against nothing?"