The Adventures of Werner Holt

Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt  

The cover of the 1986 edition.
Author(s) Dieter Noll
Country East Germany
Language German
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Aufbau Verlag
Publication date 1960, 1963
Media type Print (hardback and paperback)
Pages 519 pages (2002 edition, both parts)
ISBN ISBN 978-3746610436

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

References

  1. ^ Julia Hell. Post-Fascist Fantasies: Psychoanalysis, History, and the Literature of East Germany (Post-Contemporary Interventions). Duke University Press (1997). ISBN 978-0822319634. Pages 115-126.
  2. ^ Martin McCauley. The German Democratic Republic Since 1945. Palgrave Macmillan (1983). ISBN 978-0333262191. Page 96.

See also

Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt (film).