Hitler, My Father: A Novel of World War Two, Hitler's Unknown Lover, and Son.
Autor Rodney Mertenen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2017 – vârsta ani
An adoring young woman encounters Adolph Hitler when her youth group sings for him. He demands her company in private, and she becomes pregnant, bearing his child but never being contacted by Hitler again. The plot follows her life as an outcast believed to be lying about the child’s parentage, and the life of her son told through her correspondence, diary entries, and from the point of view of a researcher who writes a generation later. Based on facts and documented history, author Ron Merten tells this tale with just enough creativity to make the story fascinating.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781624910944
ISBN-10: 1624910947
Pagini: 301
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Ediția:First Edition, First Edition
Editura: Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc
Colecția Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc
ISBN-10: 1624910947
Pagini: 301
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Ediția:First Edition, First Edition
Editura: Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc
Colecția Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc
Notă biografică
Rodney Merten was born exactly thirty years after the end of WWI and just three years after VE day. As an American of German heritage, Merten seems to be naturally attracted to this era. He lived and worked on his parent’s farm during his childhood but followed their admonition to go to college. Even so, he had to re-invent himself several times to stay employed and to advance. He changed jobs every two to three years because he is an experiential learner. Once he knew how to do a job it no longer held an interest for him. Merten became a serious writer early in this 21st century, completing sequels to The Music Man and It’s A Wonderful Life after completing The Peace POX. He is engaged to Rose, and a grandfather.
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“Poor Herr. Hitler did not seem too interested in our singing. Probably he was still excited by the Anschluss and all. Anyway, he applauded at all the right times and especially after my solo. He even stood when he clapped for me. I saw him whisper to one of his men and point at me.
“I was putting away my music, feeling pretty good, when the man, the one Hitler had been whispering to, came up to me. He was short, stout, not at all good looking. He said Herr. Hitler was so impressed by my singing that he wanted to meet me. He said this in front of everybody, even Father Sohn.
“What could I do? One does not reject the Fuhrer. I did protest a little saying I would have no way to return home as the rest of the choir was leaving. He assured me that would not be a problem.” --from Chapter One
“I was putting away my music, feeling pretty good, when the man, the one Hitler had been whispering to, came up to me. He was short, stout, not at all good looking. He said Herr. Hitler was so impressed by my singing that he wanted to meet me. He said this in front of everybody, even Father Sohn.
“What could I do? One does not reject the Fuhrer. I did protest a little saying I would have no way to return home as the rest of the choir was leaving. He assured me that would not be a problem.” --from Chapter One
Recenzii
“In an eerie new twist on a classic tale, Hitler, My Father flashes back to the darkest days of WWII when any evil was possible. Then adds one more.”
“This dramatic, sometimes creepy, tale of Hitler’s private demons, public lies, and the chilling effect they had on ordinary people is portrayed with candor. Compellingly told!”
“Rodney Merten challenges us to join him on an incredible, imaginative journey of World War II. We inhabit the small Austrian village where the lovely young Lotte Schoener is ostracized for carrying and bearing the Fuhrer’s child. Heartbreakingly, she never gives up hope. We watch the war’s carnage as her faithful friend, Dr. Erich Schwimmer, strives to save wounded German soldiers, then suffers his own imprisonment. After reliving these courageous lives, the reader later follows Lotte’s son through his mysterious search for a father he’s never met. Through the relentless research of the protagonist, history scholar Lorenz Meyer relays his story and theirs with a sensitivity and urgency for finding the truth about Hitler’s only child, and what it might mean for the future of the world.”
"This novel’s potpourri of raw research snippets keeps the pages turning.
In the mid-1970s, a Frenchman named Jean-Marie Loret claimed to be the illegitimate son of Adolf Hitler and a French farm girl. Though the claim was never proven, it remains a popular speculation for researchers. From this idea, Rod Merten spins the alternate historical novel, Hitler, My Father.
In this imagining, Hitler visits a small, isolated mountain in Austria, is entranced by an eighteen-year-old soloist who performs for him, and has her brought to her room. His decidedly creepy seduction of naïve, adoring Lotte results in pregnancy. Though Hitler is long gone and never to return, Lotte has fallen in love with him in the course of their night together, and will remain so to her dying day, ever claiming to be the proud mother of his son.
The novel unfolds as research done in 1991 by Lotte’s nephew, Lorenz, who has inherited her diaries and a trove of besotted letters she wrote to Hitler over the years, assuring him of her eternal love and updating him on Little Adolf’s growth and progress. Erich, a childhood friend who loved and outlived Lotte, opens the door to other sources and characters who play a part in the story...."
In the mid-1970s, a Frenchman named Jean-Marie Loret claimed to be the illegitimate son of Adolf Hitler and a French farm girl. Though the claim was never proven, it remains a popular speculation for researchers. From this idea, Rod Merten spins the alternate historical novel, Hitler, My Father.
In this imagining, Hitler visits a small, isolated mountain in Austria, is entranced by an eighteen-year-old soloist who performs for him, and has her brought to her room. His decidedly creepy seduction of naïve, adoring Lotte results in pregnancy. Though Hitler is long gone and never to return, Lotte has fallen in love with him in the course of their night together, and will remain so to her dying day, ever claiming to be the proud mother of his son.
The novel unfolds as research done in 1991 by Lotte’s nephew, Lorenz, who has inherited her diaries and a trove of besotted letters she wrote to Hitler over the years, assuring him of her eternal love and updating him on Little Adolf’s growth and progress. Erich, a childhood friend who loved and outlived Lotte, opens the door to other sources and characters who play a part in the story...."