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Fog In August (novel)
''Fog in August'' (in German ''Nebel im August'') is a 2008 novel by Robert Domes. The story revolves around a 14 years old Yenish boy Ernst Lossa who was killed through euthanasia by Nazists. Subject In 2002, Domes began studying the life of Ernst Lossa, a nomad boy of Yenish ethnicity who traveled to southern Germany. Ernst was separated from his parents in 1933, was deemed an orphan and was first sent to the orphanage in 1942, then transferred to a borstal and finally to an asylum at the age of twelve. There he was killed in 1944 at the age of 14 with an overdose of morphine and scopolamine. He was one of the at least 200,000 victims of the child euthanasia program under National-socialism. Domes described Ernst Lossa's life in this novel, which was published by CBT (Random House) in 2008 as a children's book. Currently introduced as a reading in schools, the book has received numerous awards. In 2016, a film adaptation was made directed by the German director Kai We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Domes
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
