Michael Prawdin

Michael Prawdin was the pseudonym of Michael Charol (20 January 1894-1970), a Russian-German historical writer.

Born in the Ukraine, Charol came to Germany after the Russian Revolution.[1] He studied in Germany,[2] and wrote in German. In 1934 he made a plea for the 'factual novel'.[3]

Prawdin made himself an international reputation with two books on Genghis Khan. The Nazi bureaucrat Heinrich Himmler sufficiently admired the books that he ordered the publication of a one-volume edition in 1938, a copy of which was given to every SS leader; the book appears to have encouraged Adolf Hitler to claim inspiration from Genghis Khan.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Richard Breitman, 'Hitler and Genghis Khan', Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 25, No. 2/3 (May-Jun. 1990), pp. 337-351; cf. Breitman, The architect of genocide: Himmler and the final solutionn, Bodley Head, 1991, p.39
  2. ^ Erhard Schutz, in Sabina Becker, Helmuth Kiesel & Robert Krause, Literarische Moderne: Begriff und Phänomen, p.376
  3. ^ 'Der Tatsachenroman', Die Literatur 36 (1933/34). pp. 256-9

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