Monday, April 5, 2010

A mind in prison

Bruno Manz makes an honest attempt to write his story A mind in prison about how he as a young German and soldier during the Second World War could stand on the same side as Hitler and close his eyes for the atrocities that were made by the regime. The books content is interesting and he talks openly about who he was and where he got his inspiration. It is difficult for me as someone who hasn’t lived through what he did to ask questions about his ignorance. However, towards the end though, I feel he repeats his own mistakes when he talks about his life in the US. He moves from blindly believing one regime to another. And perhaps that answers my previous question.
Also the book is not very well written, there must be other books on the subject that are better.
Josefine

My recommendations: Forgotten Voices of the Second World War by Max Arthur