''Fog in August'' (in

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''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.

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In 2002, Domes began studying the life of Ernst Lossa, a nomad boy of Yenish ethnicity who traveled to southern

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. Ernst was separated from his parents in 1933, was deemed an orphan and was first sent to the

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in 1942, then transferred to a

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and finally to an

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at the age of twelve. There he was killed in 1944 at the age of 14 with an

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and

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. He was one of the at least 200,000 victims of the child euthanasia program under

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. Domes described Ernst Lossa's life in this novel, which was published by CBT (

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) in 2008 as a

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. Currently introduced as a reading in schools, the book has received numerous awards. In 2016, a

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was made directed by the German director Kai Wessel. The drama ''

Fog in August ''Fog in August'' (german: Nebel im August) is a 2016 German drama film directed by Kai Wessel. It is based on the 2008 novel '' Fog in August'' by Robert Domes, and is inspired by the documented true story of the 14 year old Yenish boy Ernst ...

'' was released in German theaters in September 2016. It was one of the 8 German films submitted to

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, but was not selected.

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* {{Cite book, url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1090148933, title=Nebbia in agosto, website=WorldCat, oclc=1090148933 2008 German novels