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Lädt ... The Hollow Bonesvon Leah Kaminsky
   Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  GeoffSC | Aug 20, 2023 |    ) Faradaydon | Jun 14, 2019 | When Ernst was a young boy, he and Herta were best friends. When they met again as adults, they fell in love and were so happy together. When they decided to marry, they were told that Herta would have to go to a German bridal school to learn how to be a good German wife. As much as I’ve read about that period in time, I was shocked at how extensive and rigid this schooling was. But Herta wanted to be Ernst’s wife so she went along with all they threw at her. But after their marriage, Ernst begins to change. It’s fascinating to watch the corruption of Ernst by the Nazi regime and sad to see how that corruption begins to eat at Ernst and Herta’s marriage. The Nazis’ intolerance of imperfection is well known. Herta had a sister with some disabilities and there was quite a bit included in the book about her, the secrecy the family felt they had to keep and her ultimate disappearance. One of the narrators of this book is a Panda that Ernst shot and stuffed and placed in a museum. This was a very unique way to let Ernst’s animal victims have a voice in this book. I do warn fellow animal lovers that there is a lot of killing of animals, mostly birds, in this book, along with hunting and taxidermy. It made the book a difficult topic for me to read but it was a fascinating story of a Nazi that I had not read anything about before. Recommended. This book was given to me by the publisher in return for an honest review. (  ) hubblegal | May 26, 2019 | Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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The Hollow Bones implores us to pay careful attention to the crucial lessons we might learn from our not-too-distant history. 'I remember you once told me about mockingbirds and their special talents for mimicry. They steal the songs from others, you said. I want to ask you this- how were our own songs stolen from us, the notes dispersed, while our faces were turned away?' Berlin, 1936. Ernst Sch fer, a young, ambitious zoologist and keen hunter and collector, has come to the attention of Heinrich Himmler, who invites him to lead a group of SS scientists to the frozen mountains of Tibet. Their secret mission- to search for the origins of the Aryan race. Ernst has doubts initially, but soon seizes the opportunity to rise through the ranks of the Third Reich. While Ernst prepares for the trip, he marries Herta, his childhood sweetheart. But Herta, a flautist who refuses to play from the songbook of womanhood and marriage under the Reich, grows increasingly suspicious of Ernst and his expedition. When Ernst and his colleagues finally leave Germany in 1938, they realise the world has its eyes fixed on the horror they have left behind in their homeland. A lyrical and poignant cautionary tale, The Hollow Bones brings to life one of the Nazi regime's little-known villains through the eyes of the animals he destroyed and the wife he undermined in the name of science and cold ambition. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Written in a detailed and energetic style giving truth to the narrative. The characters are strong and well built. The events and items are historically correct, where I checked. The depravity and falseness of the Nazis thinking and scientific theories are revealed for what they were worth. (