Hilmar and Odette Two Stories from the Nazi Era
by Koch, Eric
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0771045573
- ISBN 13
- 9780771045578
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771045573 . Only slight wear to book and dust jacket. ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A bright, solid book.; B&W Photographs; 8.35 X 5.59 X 0.94 inches; 228 pages; "Part detective story, part biography, this is the fascinating tale of Hilmar and Odette, both born illegitimately in Germany before the Second World War, both half-Jewish, both brought up by Aryan families.Eric Koch, having discovered that his well-to-do family has two skeletons in the closet (Odette is his half-sister and Hilmar is his step-cousin), embarks on a search into his family history and into the very different fates of these two Half-Jews who grew into adults as the Nazi party came to power.Hilmars adoptive mother discovers he is a Jew, and (despite his being a dutiful, even loving, son) when the opportunity arises denounces him to the Gestapo. Hilmars increasingly desperate attempts to escape deportation and stay with the woman with whom he has fallen in love prove futile. He finally falls victim to the machinery of oppression and is sent to Auschwitz.By contrast, Odette, never suspecting that she is part-Jewish, ascends the social ladder and comes to hobnob with the Nazi bohème in her Berlin salon. To ingratiate himself with the right people, her publisher husband dreams up new forms of propaganda to help the Nazi cause.Hilmar and Odettes parallel stories advance in step through this book, each casting light on the other. And around the fringes of their lives move the spectres of Napoleon, Joseph Goebbels, and Lili Marleen. The narrators detective tale becomes a third story, as he probes his familys past and explores the shadowy territory where personal uncertainties and frailties meet the implacable sophistry of Nazi ideology." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16229
- Title
- Hilmar and Odette Two Stories from the Nazi Era
- Author
- Koch, Eric
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771045573
- ISBN 13
- 9780771045578
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- 0771045573, World War 2, aryan, Holocaust, WWII, nazi, Jewish
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria; Militaria / Holocaust;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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