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Tag Archives: Hans Fallada
Fallada’s Portrait of a Police Detective in Nazi Germany
Fallada’s 1946 novel, Jeder stirbt für sich allein recently acquired best-seller status in the English-speaking world through the translation of Michael Hofmann in the new Melville House edition, Every Man Dies Alone. It was based right after the war on … Continue reading
Posted in detective fiction
Tagged Berlin, German Historical Museum, Hans Fallada, Nazi Germany, police state
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Detecting Crime in a Police State: Fact and Fiction, Quotes
Reading William Ryan’s The Holy Thief and getting to know Captain Alexei Dmitriyevich Korolev of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Division set me to thinking about the role of a police detective in a totalitarian state, often called a “police state.” … Continue reading
Posted in detective fiction, quotations
Tagged Hans Fallada, History Museum Berlin, police in Nazi state, police state, William Ryan
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Quotations: And other people say. . .
. . .on other historical mystery/thrillers . . . these came to mind after reviewing William Ryan’s “The Holy Thief” . . . Hans Fallada wrote in his 1946 Foreword to his great postwar novel of the Nazi years in Germany, … Continue reading
