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The Dark Room (Seiffert Novel)
''The Dark Room'' (2001) is a novel by British writer Rachel Seiffert. Summary The novel is composed of three unrelated novellas set in pre- and post-World War II Germany. Helmut In 1920s Berlin a boy is born with a slight birth defect of the arm. When he graduates school he becomes an apprentice at a photographer's workshop while at the same time taking an interest in the comings and goings of trains. Despite unintentionally witnessing and photographing a violent roundup of Romani people he remains ignorant of the significance of what he has seen and dreams of joining the Wehrmacht. Lore In Bavaria in 1945, after Germany surrenders, Lore, the young daughter of a Nazi officer, is asked by her mother to go with her younger siblings to her grandmother's house in Hamburg after both her parents are sent to Prisoner-of-war camps. Making her way across the countryside she is joined by a young man named Thomas who bears a numbered tattoo on his arm and papers that identify him as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dark Room (Seiffert Novel)
''The Dark Room'' (2001) is a novel by British writer Rachel Seiffert. Summary The novel is composed of three unrelated novellas set in pre- and post-World War II Germany. Helmut In 1920s Berlin a boy is born with a slight birth defect of the arm. When he graduates school he becomes an apprentice at a photographer's workshop while at the same time taking an interest in the comings and goings of trains. Despite unintentionally witnessing and photographing a violent roundup of Romani people he remains ignorant of the significance of what he has seen and dreams of joining the Wehrmacht. Lore In Bavaria in 1945, after Germany surrenders, Lore, the young daughter of a Nazi officer, is asked by her mother to go with her younger siblings to her grandmother's house in Hamburg after both her parents are sent to Prisoner-of-war camps. Making her way across the countryside she is joined by a young man named Thomas who bears a numbered tattoo on his arm and papers that identify him as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waffen-SS
The (, "Armed SS") was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscripts from both occupied and unoccupied lands. The grew from three regiments to over 38 division (military), divisions during World War II, and served alongside the German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army (''Heer''), ''Ordnungspolizei'' (uniformed police) and other security units. Originally, it was under the control of the (SS operational command office) beneath Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS. With the start of World War II, tactical control was exercised by the (OKW, "High Command of the Armed Forces"), with some units being subordinated to (Command Staff Reichsführer-SS) directly under Himmler's control. Initially, in keeping with the racial policy of Nazi Germany, membership was open only to people of Germanic origin (so-called "Nazi racial theor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
