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Anyone Who Utters a Consoling Word Is a Traitor – 48 Stories for Fritz Bauer
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Ideal for readers interested in historical fiction centred on the Holocaust, justice, and historical memory. Also suited for those engaged in legal history, human rights, and reflective narratives on catastrophic events.
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Anyone Who Utters a Consoling Word Is a Traitor – 48 Stories for Fritz Bauer is a book about bitter fates—both already known and yet to unfold—and the many kinds of organised machinery built to destroy people.
Alexander Kluge’s work has long grappled with the Third Reich and its aftermath, with the extermination of the Jews forming its gravitational centre. Kluge is forever reminding us to keep our present catastrophes in perspective—“calibrated”—against this historical monstrosity. His newest work is a book about bitter fates, both already known and yet to unfold. Above all, it is about the many kinds of organised machinery built to destroy people.
These forty-eight stories of justice and injustice are dedicated to the memory of Fritz Bauer, a determined fighter for justice and district attorney of Hesse during the Auschwitz Trials. “The moment they come into existence, monstrous crimes have a unique ability,” Bauer once said, “to ensure their own repetition.”
Kluge takes heed, and in these pages, reminds us of the importance of keeping our powers of observation and memory razor-sharp.
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Critics describe this collection as a series of poignant anecdotes and observations that highlight Holocaust atrocities while questioning humanity's failure to learn from history. It reads like 'forty-eight scraps for potential further investigation' and emphasises ongoing relevance, as noted by Messenger's Booker.
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ISBN: 9781803091365
Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 July 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Seagull Books London Ltd
Audience: Professional and scholarly
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Width: 5.0mm
Height: 8.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 132
About the Author
Alexander Kluge is one of the major German fiction writers of the late twentieth century and an important social critic. As a filmmaker, he is credited with the launch of the New German Cinema movement. Alta L. Price runs a publishing consultancy specialized in literature and nonfiction texts on art, architecture, design, and culture. She translates from Italian and German into English and is a member of Cedilla & Co.
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