Hans Herlin

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Hans Herlin


Born
in Stadtlohn, Germany
December 24, 1925

Died
December 20, 1994


Hans Herlin (1925–December 20, 1994) was a German novelist. Born in Stadtlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany), he was drafted into the Luftwaffe in World War II and trained as a pilot. In 1944 he fled to Switzerland and lived in France from 1972. He started a writing career as a journalist and worked his way up to become managing editor of Molden, one of Germany's largest publishing houses. In 1961 he wrote a detailed account of the St Louis voyage with 900+ Jewish refugees from Hamburg to Cuba and on to Antwerp, called "Kein gelobtes Land". In 1972 he began writing books full time, and in 1975 published his best known novel Commemorations, about "Nazi skeletons in the national closet".Commemorations was published in the United States in ...more

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The Survivor: The True Stor...

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Verdammter Atlantik: Schick...

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Last Spring in Paris

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Solo run

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"Achtung Welt, Hier Ist Kre...

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Sibirien Transfer: Roman

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Udet: A Man's Life

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Freunde

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