The Adventures of Werner Holt explained

Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt
Author:Dieter Noll
Country:East Germany
Language:German
Genre:Novel
Publisher:Aufbau Verlag
Release Date:1960, 1963
Media Type:Print (hardback and paperback)
Pages:519 pages (2002 edition, both parts)
Isbn:978-3-7466-1043-6

Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt (The Adventures of Werner Holt) is a novel in two parts by East German author Dieter Noll. The first volume was released at 1960 and the second in 1963. Noll won the National Prize of East Germany for the book, and it sold almost four million copies.[1] The novel was incorporated into the country's school curriculum and was adapted to screen at 1965.[2] [3] The plot revolves around Werner Holt, a young German soldier who becomes disillusioned with the Nazis during the last days of World War II.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.welt.de/kultur/article1638773/Krieger-und-Kommunist-Dieter-Noll-ist-tot.html Die WELT, February 6 2008, Krieger und Kommunist – Dieter Noll ist tot
  2. Julia Hell. Post-Fascist Fantasies: Psychoanalysis, History, and the Literature of East Germany (Post-Contemporary Interventions). Duke University Press (1997). . Pages 115-126.
  3. Martin McCauley. The German Democratic Republic Since 1945. Palgrave Macmillan (1983). . Page 96.