In 1939, Dr Schroder, head of the Sankt-Anna Klinik in Germany, receives an order from to initiate the so-called Euthanasia Programme, aiming at the elimination of mentally sick and debilitated individuals. Dr Schroder, fearing the ethical implications, tries to elude the authorities by only pretending to carry out orders. His act is discovered.
Swedish author, journalist, violinist and former radio host on the classical music radio station Stockholm Classic FM.
His writing is grounded in a hardy, common sense conservatism with liberal tendencies and is marked by a contempt for what he views as Swedish narrow-mindedness and its ‘womanish mentality’, and a strong, positive attitude towards Europe as a whole.
Holm also translated of two seminal works by Baudelaire and Nietzsche in Swedish.