• davel [he/him]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    259 months ago

    Nazi apologia. It doesn’t matter how many books he wrote or how good they were.

    Here’s how I read it: His Nazi past wasn’t discovered until after receiving literary awards, which was embarrassing to the literati, so they tried to whitewash him.

    • @ToxicWaste@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      19 months ago

      Go and actually read about him! He was never proud of being an SS member, but never made a secret about it (hard to do as a POW of the Americans).