Father of a Murderer

The Father of a Murderer takes place in a classroom of the Wittelsbach Gymnasium in 1920s Munich over the course of a single Greek lesson. Headmaster Himmler (the father of Heinrich Himmler) enters the classroom, apparently to observe the students' progress. However, he soon takes over the lesson himself. Himmler mercilessly tests the boys, but his real purpose is to teach a political lesson to the German youths, and through them to settle scores with their fathers.

Author: Alfred Andersch
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 04/17/1994
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.27d
ISBN: 9780811217620

About the Author
Vennewitz, Leila: - Leila Vennewitz was the distinguished translator of Heinrich Böll and other postwar German writers, including Jurek Becker and Martin Walser. She won numerous awards for her translations. She died in 2007.