Arno Frank: Ginsterburg

In the organizer's words:

A deeply moving story about humanity in an inhumane time - Arno Frank in the taz Talk at the Leipzig Book Fair.

Everyday life in Ginsterburg: suffering and profit lie close together after the seizure of power, while the majority tries to come to terms with the new circumstances. But behind the deceptive normality lurks the abyss. Set in the years between 1935 and 1945, a multi-layered picture of love, family, friendship and the very individual entanglements of people emerges.

The taz Studio at the Leipzig Book Fair
Program overview
Where: Hall 5 | G500
Leipzig Book Fair

Registration is not required. As we have a very limited capacity on site, we kindly ask you to be at the venue early. The event will be streamed live on YouTube.
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Young Lothar dreams of flying one day. But this wish leads him straight into the clutches of the Hitler Youth. His mother Merle, skeptical of the new era, is helpless in the face of the changes - whether in her bookshop or in conversations with Eugen, an editor at the local newspaper.

While some remain silent, others use the opportunity for their own advancement: the florist becomes a district leader, a factory owner enriches himself and a doctor is given completely new opportunities.

But the war does not stay away. It leaves its mark on relationships, on people's souls and ultimately on the town itself, which is inexorably targeted by a British bomber pilot. An atmospheric novel that captures the microcosm of Ginsterburg with great intensity.

Ginsterburg - a taz Talk in the taz Studio at the Leipzig Book Fair with:

🐾 Arno Frank is a publicist and works as a freelance journalist mainly for SPIEGEL, taz and Deutschlandfunk. He lives in Wiesbaden. He recently published the novels "So, und jetzt kommst du (2017)" and "Seemann vom Siebener (2023)". His new book has been published by Klett-Cotta Verlag.

🐾 Klaus Hillenbrand moderates this taz Talk. He works for the taz and is an author. His main topics are contemporary history and the Middle East. Hillenbrand is the author of several books on Nazi history and the persecution of the Jews.

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