In Germany in the mid-1930s, the 19 year-old Sanna observes the folly, stupidity, hypocrisy and cruelty of Nazi Germany: brawling SA men, proud mothers of simpering daughters who rush forward to offer flowers to the Fuehrer, neighbours who transform petty bickering into political denunciation, bullies turned party activists. At first, wide-eyed but less naive than she pretends, she watches with mockery and disgust but her growing horror finally forces her to flee into exile with her lover.
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Nach Mitternacht
By Keun, Irmgard Keun
In Germany in the mid-1930s, the 19 year-old Sanna observes the folly, stupidity, hypocrisy and cruelty of Nazi Germany: brawling SA men, proud mothers of simpering daughters who rush forward to offer flowers to the Fuehrer, neighbours who transform petty bickering into political denunciation, bullies turned party activists. At first, wide-eyed but less naive than she pretends, she watches with mockery and disgust but her growing horror finally forces her to flee into exile with her lover.
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