In a country waking up to a new future, these men have become potent symbols of Germany's nightmare past

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The cases of Binjamin Wilkomirski and Hans Schwerte have highlighted the fact that Germany is still very ill at ease with its recent history and with the ways in which this history can be remembered. Wilkomirski wrote a book in which he claimed to have spent his early years in concentration camps, where he witnessed appalling atrocities. His experiences have subsequently been called into question. Schwerte, the former rector of Aachen University, managed to cover up the fact that he was a high-ranking SS officer and ideologue.

Social aspects, Germany, History, World War II, 1939-1945

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Stefan Heym

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Writer Stefan Heym was born in Chemnitz, Germany, in 1913. He fled from the Nazis and started studying and writing in Prague, Czech Republic. He emigrated to the US, where he took many different jobs to fund his studies. His most successful novels were published in 1942 and 1948.

Authors, Writers, Heym, Stefan

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H.C. Artmann

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Poet Hans Carl Artmann was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1921. He showed a strong interest in languages from an early age. After serving in the army during the second world war, he formed the 'Vienna Group' with friends.

Poets, Artmann, H. C.

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