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Books by Klaus Kordon
Die roten Matrosen
by Klaus Kordon
· published 1994 · read 2004-05-01
★★★★★
Revolution! This book made me understand, at least a little, what happened in Germany's past. It takes place during the 1918 revolution, and the protagonist is a boy from a worker family in Berlin's Wedding district. It's specific, it's fun
Krokodil im Nacken
by Klaus Kordon
· published 2002 · read 2010-05-01
★★★★☆
Literary introduction to the horrors of the GDR and the Stasi. I don't remember the book well enough to say anything about its accuracy. Kordon usually tells well-researched stories that support the current narrative about past events, so t
Mit dem Rücken zur Wand
by Klaus Kordon
· published 1990 · read 2003-03-01
★★★★☆
The second book in this series takes place fifteen years after the revolution, during the fall of the Weimar Republic. It's haunting and gives a face to dissidents, to jews, to communists, and of course to nazis and collaborators. I was alr
Ein Trümmersommer
by Klaus Kordon
· published 1982 · read 2006-04-01
★★★☆☆
Honestly, I've always preferred Kordon's other book on 1945, "Der erste Frühling". But if you don't want to read a trilogy, then this is the next best thing. Kordon is reliably good at making teenagers understand what teenagers in other tim
Der erste Frühling
by Klaus Kordon
· published 1995 · read 2004-12-01
★★★☆☆
Concluding the series, we get to see the daughter of the first book's protagonist live through 1945 and deal with everything the world throws at her. Among other things: lies her grandparents told everybody to keep her away from nazi youth
