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Winter Men
Winter Men | Jesper Bugge Kold
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As the dark specter of the Nazis settles over Germany, two wealthy and educated brothers are suddenly thrust into the rising tide of war. Karl, a former soldier and successful businessman, dutifully answers the call to defend his country, while contemplative academic Gerhard is coerced into informing for the Gestapo. Soon the brothers are serving in the SS, and as Hitler's hateful agenda brings about unspeakable atrocities, they find themselves with innocent blood on their hands. Following Germany's eventual defeat, Karl and Gerhard are haunted by their insurmountable guilt, and each seeks a way to escape from wounds that will never heal. They survived the war and its revelation of systematic horrors, but can they survive the unshakable knowledge of their own culpability?
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He who dares not to choose his path will end as the stair upon which the powerful tread. Carl Scharnberg, Danish poet (1930–1995)
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Winter Men | Jesper Bugge Kold
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I actually read this book some time ago and have found myself thinking of it recently. I was left deeply disturbed by just how easily one could learn to simply accept so much that happens as inevitable. This book takes place in Nazi Germany but is the story of two brothers and the arc their lives take throughout those years and the guilt that follows.